Seprember 16, 2025 - Good Morning! It’s Tuesday, September 16.
The highest note ever recorded by a human voice was sung by Audrey Luna, an operatic soprano, in 2017, on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. The pitch was an A above high C. It’s hard to know for sure that she hit that note, since only dogs can hear it (kidding).
The voice is divided into six basic categories - soprano, mezzo-soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass. These six voices cover a span of over four octaves, over half of a piano keyboard. The human voice is truly a miracle of God.
In college, I picked up extra money playing piano for voice students. These were young singers, opera wannabe’s, but still the power, the shear size of their voices was almost overwhelming. I’ve never been up close and personal with a real opera star - it must be something like going one-on-one with Michael Jordon, or sparring with Mike Tyson, or trying to hit a Nolan Ryan fastball. Overwhelming.
The voice seems even more miraculous when you consider its moving parts. When we think about singing, we usually picture the mouth, but the mouth is just a modifier, a tool for shaping sound, not for producing it. That happens in the voice box, the larynx, consisting of two thin strips of white muscle - about an inch long in men, a half inch in women. These tiny cords vibrate together to make the beautiful sound of song.
The Bible mentions singing countless times, mostly in connection with praise. But the word “voice” is only found about a dozen times in God’s Word, and almost always in reference to His voice. In I Kings 19 it’s described as a “still, small voice”. In Job 40 the voice of God “thunders”.
Your voice, my voice, is mentioned in Psalm 66:19, and not in reference to singing. “God has surely listened, and heard my voice . . . in prayer”.
Meet you back here tomorrow,
David
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