Singing In The Dark

Some of the most beautiful singing canarias in the world have come from the Harz Mountain in Germany. During World 1, it became impossible to obtain these little barblers. So a dealer in New York came up with the idea of training the American finch to sing just like the European canaries. He had the songs of the famous European birds recorded and mailed to his home.

When they arrived, he played them over and over each day in the room where he kept his own canarias. At first his efforts had very little success. Then one day he made a shocking discovery. He found that if he covered their cages and completely shut out the light,his American birds soon learned to warble like those on the recording.

Similarly, we as Christians learn to sing God’s praises sweeter mostly during our darkest days and nights ,when our way is dark and we cannot see or know what lies ahead. God shuts us away from the things of this world so that we will appreciate more fully the blessings and happiness He provides for us. When we are restricted by life experiences of blackness and despair, we are more inclined to pay more attention to His voice than when we are singing in the rain,basking in sunshine,bright days and nights,we tend to get distracted, yes we do.

We can be thankful we don’t have to compose our own songs of comfort for the melody is furnished by God our Maker, “who giveth songs in the nights.” ( Job 35:10) Thank God for being such a good Father to us.