What Song Is The Earth Singing?

Suicide bombs in Indonesia.
The Euphrates drying up.
Swine flu.
Climate change.
Myanmar, North Korea, Iraq, Pakistan, Israel.
Lies, gossip and malice in the media.

The earth is singing a sad, sad song.

A famous local musician once told me, music has its origins in the natural sounds and rhythms of the earth. All nicely put together by God - birds chirping, heartbeats, wind, rain and thunder, crackling of fire, waterfalls, waves. These soundscapes are imitated to produce tones and rhythms of music.

Rhythms also come from the peoples of the earth. In Africa, when you see the dancing, the beats they come alive to... it sings a song about creation and culture.... it tells you what song God has given them to sing.

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When I look at where I live, and the places I travel to - China, Japan, Timor, Thailand, Indonesia, Tibet, Vietnam, Cambodia- I ask, what song are they singing? What is their cry, or their rejoicing? I listen to the sounds of the land, and the songs they sing. Sadly, many are sorrowful songs of pain, injustice and suffering. Songs of a marred past and a cry for a better life.

Like, the song of Timor:

And then I stop and ask, what song should they be singing?
What song has God given them to sing?
And how do we remind them of such a song, such a song of worship to our Creator King?
A song that sings of what they and their land were created to be, a dance that moves to the rhythm of the land God has placed them in.

And to you I throw this question too - WHAT SONG ARE YOU SINGING?