make a joyful noise.

You know....most people probably sing louder than they should.
Especially when no one is around.

Right now I am listening to someone sing at top of their lungs to their iPod.

They might be unaware that I can hear them [I am slightly out of sight].....or maybe they just don't care because their so caught up in the music. It's terrible though. Even turning my own music up to max volume won't drown out the off-pitch vocals I'm experiencing right now.

There's something to be said about singing though. I mean REALLY singing. Have you ever heard a song and just really connected with the words? Like the person that wrote it was in your head and wrote down everything you were thinking and feeling and wrapped it up neatly in a powerful little melody? I have. Those are songs that we can connect with. And it just feels really good to let it all go and belt out the words at the top of your lungs like singing that loud is going to somehow make that song yours. That sounds silly....but I know you've done it.

Yesterday I read Psalm 13:5-6

"But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
I will SING to the Lord,
for He has been good to me."

Over and over again in the book of Psalms David writes of singing to the Lord. Sing of what the Lord has done. Sing because He is good. Sing His praises to the nations. Sing because He longs to hear you. When you stop and think about it, those things....those praises and proclimations of what God has done....those are the things we should be singing at the top of our lungs and making our song........regardless of whether or not we know anyone is around to hear us.