2370) Having my young scholars sing for a school concert is always interesting, especially because the older they get, the need to appear “cool” sometimes creeps in.

What I enjoy about our school concerts is listening to the younger classes because if their teacher tells them to sing louder, they often interpret that to mean shouting. I can’t help but smile.

The last part of Zephaniah 3:17 tells us God rejoices (re- again, joy) over us with singing. The Hebrew word for singing here can be translated to shout.

For God to say to me, I’m so joyful about you, I’m going to sing/shout it from the heavens. One day we will hear this, and in the meantime, let’s let God hear us rejoicing over him.