Day Three:  Husband Encouragement Challenge

One of my favorite things about Sunday Worship is sittin’ next to my husband, because I get the chance to hear the most wonderful sound on earth...my husband’s singin’.  It isn’t because his falsetto is perfect, nor is it because he’s got a fabulous range for a tenor or bass.  Truth be told, my husband can’t carry a tune in a bucket.

I don’t care, his singin’ is precious to me.

When we first began attendin’ church, Carl would not sing.  He would stand there, reverent, but he would not sing.  I love singin’, it’s one of my favorite past times.  I sing all day everyday and worship through singin’ just really makes my heart reach for God in a way that nothin’ else can.  While I understood his self-consciousness, a part of me was sad that the joy of liftin’ our hearts together in song before the Lord was somethin’ that we would not share.  I never pressed him on it, I just let him enjoy the musical worship in his own way.

As time passed though, and as God worked in Carl on many different things, I noticed from time to time, he would maybe mouth the words.  Then I would hear the slightest bit of sound comin’ forth from his locked up vocal cords.  I learned real quick not to look at him, even with a smile, because he would immediately get embarrassed and clam up, but inside my heart was doin’ a jig before the Lord!

Today, I couldn’t suppress my smile though, hearin’ my husband’s boomin’ off-key, at times off-beat voice ring through the air.  He was totally unashamed, totally sold-out, praisin’ God with everythin’ in him, and everyone around us knew it.  I’ve loved music my whole life, I’ve sat in audiences for artists whose voices gave you goosebumps and brought tears to your eyes.  Hands down, my husband’s voice outshines them all.

We live in a world where real “dream come true”’s don’t often seem to happen.  I hear people all the time, even believers, askin’ “Where did all the miracles go?”  Well, I experience a miracle every worship service as my voice dances with my husband’s voice before the Throne, our hearts in total harmony…even if our voices aren’t.