Health Message (August 30, 2025)

Good Sabbath Church,

Everyone loves music! But there are so many different types. The right music can heal you or bring you to a calming state of peace. King Saul requested from Jesse, that his young son, David, come and play music for him when he was being tormented by bad spirits.

And so it was, whenever the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David would take a harp and play it with his hand. Then Saul would become refreshed and well, and the distressing spirit would depart from him. 1 Samuel 16:23

"Research shows the benefits of music therapy for various mental health conditions, including depression, trauma, and schizophrenia (to name a few). Music acts as a medium for processing emotions, trauma, and grief--but music can also be utilized as a regulating or calming agent for anxiety or for dysregulation." (Molly Warren, NAMI)

Ellen White write about music having power:

"As the children of Israel, journeying through the wilderness, cheered their way by the magic of sacred song, so God bids His children today gladden their pilgrim life. There are few means more effective for fixing His words in the memory than repeating them in song. And such song has wonderful power. It has power to subdue rude and uncultivated natures; power to quicken thought and awaken sympathy, to promote harmony of action, and to banish the gloom and foreboding that destroy courage and weaken effort."

With such an effective gift as music let us choose for ourselves and our family music which heals and soothes the soul!

May God Bless your Journey to Good Health,

Your Sister in Christ, Sandra Torres