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by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

December 11


Singing in the Fire
Psalm 137:3
For there our captors demanded of us songs, and our tormentors mirth, saying
 "Sing us one of the songs of Zion."
Gil Beers, former editor of Christianity Today magazine, told the story of
an ancestor that you may want to remember the next time family trials put
you to the test.* Beers's great-great-grandmother to the eighth great was
Catharine duBois.
One day in 1663 a band of Minnisink Indians swept down from the Catskill
Mountains and captured Catharine and her daughter, along with several other
women and children.
After 10 days, the Indians, thinking they had avoided reprisal, decided to
celebrate their success by putting Catharine and her daughter to death by
fire. They placed the captives on a pile of logs and lit the torch to ignite
them.
Instead of screaming at her tormentors and cursing them, or God, for her
plight, Catharine duBois burst into song! It was a Huguenot hymn she had
learned in France, and it was based on Psalm 137:3. The Indians were so
taken by her bravery and by the song itself that they demanded another, then
another. And while Catharine duBois was still singing, her husband and a
search party burst upon the scene and rescued her.
Don't think this story is farfetched when applied to your household just
because the little "fires" you face aren't usually life threatening. There
are many situations when a little singing, a little humor, can extinguish
the flames of a dispute or a bit of tension in the home. In fact, parents
who are habitually humming or singing at their places of work are
surprisingly empowered to defuse crises and problems.
Paul and Silas knew this principle. When they were cast into prison in the
city of Philippi, they prayed and sang-and an earthquake jarred them out of
jail! Don't underestimate the power of song to break open downcast hearts in
your home.
Prayer:
Ask God to enable you to burst into songs of praise when the challenge of
the moment would seem most disheartening. *From "A Theology to Die By,"
Christianity Today, (February 6, 1987: 11.) Used by permission.
Discuss: Why do you think singing can have such an uplifting effect? Pull
out an old hymnal and sing some songs at the dinner table tonight.