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b'Thick and impenetrable silence hung over the village. For as long as the\\nvillagers could remember, no one had spoken a word, not even a whisper. A\\ncommand from an enemy kingdom forbade anyone in the village from uttering a\\nsound. While many villagers had grown accustomed to the forced silence, one\\ngirl increasingly found the muteness of the village unsettling. Fadiya\\ncould not understand how sound could be wrong when the warbling songs of\\nbirds filled the air and the leaves of the forest whispered in the breeze.\\nThe silence was all she had known in the village, but Fadiya felt like a\\nprisoner to the quietness around her.\\nThen one day, as she was walking through her beloved whispering forest,\\nFadiya discovered a wooden shed and went inside to investigate. The place\\nwas empty except for a bookshelf. On it stood an ancient book: \\u201cThe Song\\nMaker\\u2019s Tune.\\u201d The title instantly caught her attention, and to her\\nsurprise, the book was filled with a song-like poem describing someone\\nnamed the Song Maker. She learned He sang the world into existence. He had\\ncreated the birdsong, rustling leaves, and humming bees. Imprisoning\\nsilence was not His design. Instead, the Song Maker had entered the world\\nmany years ago to set the people free. He died for them, entered the utter\\nsilence of the grave on their behalf\\u2014and then rose again with a\\ntriumphant shout of joy! One day, He would return to sing a new world into\\nbeing. Fadiya, delighted by the music overflowing in her heart, soaked in\\nthe words from the book, engraving them in her memory.\\nThe next day, while her family was in the market square, Fadiya mounted an\\nold wooden cart and lifted her voice to the words of \\u201cThe Song Maker\\u2019s\\nTune.\\u201d Her heart burned as she sang of His love and sacrifice. Every face\\nturned toward the cart as her words cut through the quiet like a knife. The\\nsilence had been broken by the freedom of the Maker\\u2019s song. Cheers rose\\naround the square as villagers responded to the hopeful message of the\\nmusic. No longer would they be imprisoned by the forced silence of the\\nenemy. The Song Maker had set them free. \\u2022 Sophia Bricker\\n\\u2022 In this allegorical story, Fadiya found freedom from the imprisoning\\nsilence of the enemy when she encountered \\u201cThe Song Maker\\u2019s Tune\\u201d telling\\nof the salvation He brought to His people. In the Bible, we see that God\\ncreated the world through speaking\\u2014or perhaps singing (Genesis 1:1-31;\\nPsalm 33:6). Though our sinful rebellion separated us from God and brought\\nbrokenness into the world, God came to restore and to set us free from\\nslavery to sin. How has Jesus brought us freedom? (Read more on our \\u201cKnow\\nJesus\\u201d page.)\\n\\u2022 God invented music and singing! Did you know that God sings over us\\n(Zephaniah 3:17)? Why do you think God calls His people to sing to Him and\\nto each other? (If you want to dig deeper, read Psalm 147:1; Ephesians\\n5:19; and Colossians 3:16.)\\n\\u2022 Did you know that creation sings? How might spending time in nature help\\nus know God better? (If you want to dig deeper, read 1 Chronicles 16:33;\\nPsalms 65:13; 96:12; and 98:8.)\\n\\u2022 When we experience the goodness of God\\u2019s love, it\\u2019s only natural for us\\nto want to share the good news of Jesus with others! What is one of the\\nways you\\u2019ve personally experienced God\\u2019s goodness and love? If you can\\u2019t\\nthink of anything, you can ask God to reveal His love to you anytime.\\nFor the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law\\nof sin and of death. Romans 8:2 (WEB)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPs.40.1-Ps.40.3|John.8.31-John.8.36|Rom.8.2'