Harps
I heard an orchestra play a few evenings ago and it was absolutely beautiful. What I especially enjoyed was the harp. It got me thinking about the music of heaven and what it will be like, and of course it brought to mind the verse that says, “And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints” (Revelation 5:8).
Then I thought about the hymn written by William Cowper over 200 years ago, and the verses that say:
Lord, we believe Thou hast prepared
(Unworthy though we be)
For us a blood-bought, free reward,
And harps of minstrelsy.
Harps strung and tuned for endless years
And formed by power divine,
To sound in God the Father’s ears,
No other name but Thine.
What a wonderful music that will be!
