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Today's meditation
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Let the music play
1 Peter 3:13-4:6: Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord. Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence.
My morning alarm is a song, one which always makes me feel calm and hopeful. Unfortunately, I often turn the alarm off just as the song is beginning, so it doesn’t have its full peaceful effect on my heart and soul.
Every Christian is equipped with a piece of music—knowledge of the love of God—which should bring a sustained sense of calm and optimism. As First Peter says, “Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord.” As a person who puts too much stock in the opinion of others, though, I often interrupt the music of that knowledge, as I do sometimes “fear what they fear.”
Much of the harm done in our society today comes from fear of insignificance, of lostness, of mortality. A human being can become desperate to be recognized and valued, harming others to raise our own images. If we think this world is all there is, we scuffle to make sure we matter. As a Christian, I know the meaning and depth of my life do not come from this world, but from the presence of God within me and around me.
So why do I start every morning by letting that music be quickly interrupted by the noise of the mean world?
Psalms 16, 17; Exodus 16:23-36; John 16: 1-15
Copyright 2026 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).
My morning alarm is a song, one which always makes me feel calm and hopeful. Unfortunately, I often turn the alarm off just as the song is beginning, so it doesn’t have its full peaceful effect on my heart and soul.
Every Christian is equipped with a piece of music—knowledge of the love of God—which should bring a sustained sense of calm and optimism. As First Peter says, “Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated, but in your hearts sanctify Christ as Lord.” As a person who puts too much stock in the opinion of others, though, I often interrupt the music of that knowledge, as I do sometimes “fear what they fear.”
Much of the harm done in our society today comes from fear of insignificance, of lostness, of mortality. A human being can become desperate to be recognized and valued, harming others to raise our own images. If we think this world is all there is, we scuffle to make sure we matter. As a Christian, I know the meaning and depth of my life do not come from this world, but from the presence of God within me and around me.
So why do I start every morning by letting that music be quickly interrupted by the noise of the mean world?
Psalms 16, 17; Exodus 16:23-36; John 16: 1-15
Copyright 2026 by Carol Mead. For noncommercial use and sharing only. For more information on this ministry, and on a free subscription to these meditations, please contact the author by email (thenewmead@yahoo.com).