Moved by the spirit--and not holding back

For years, I had an aversion to the hymn, "Be Not Afraid."  Decades later, I view it in a more charitable light.  I've realized that my aversion to it had nothing to do with the hymn itself; my dislike stemmed from hearing it bellowed in church on at least three occasions when I was young.  I still don't know which lady drowned out the rest of the congregation on the lyric, "I GOOOOOO BEFORRRRRRE YOU ALLLLWAAAAYS!" whenever it came up, but I see her loud performance now in a different light.  Maybe it was a deceased relative's favorite hymn.  Perhaps it brought back memories of happier times.  Maybe the hymn moved her profoundly.  As startling as her top-volume singing was, it was, if nothing else, in keeping with Psalm 100's admonition to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord."  Still, the lyric, "I go before you always," makes me cringe a bit, more than 30 years later.