We were singing without the piano so we could hear all of the notes - and it sounded GORGEOUS! The harmonies were so lovely and there was a beautiful balance between the parts and nice vowel sounds and the whole deal...
and it hit me - boom! This is why God loves choirs. Partly because of the beauty of the harmonies, partly because of the praise that is offered but also because what we were doing at that moment was a perfect example of how we should be as a church.
Ivy Mike http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Mike
Huh?
Yes! At that moment, it wasn't about me, it wasn't about you or him or her, it was about God and we were each bringing our best, blending our voices together, me listening to you and him and her - each listening to the others so that no voice stood out and my voice complimented yours and yours complemented mine and together we were able to do much more than addition of voices, it was multiplication or even more like fusion - creating something bigger than the individual parts would normally add up to.
Fusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion
Wow. I'm just rattling on and probably not making much sense.
Some of us read music, some don't, some can sing solos, many cannot, some have deep Southern accents, some moved here from North of the Mason-Dixon line. But in a choir, all of that fades away as we work together and blend our voices together - putting aside our own preferences, not flaunting our own abilities, but submitting to the direction of another we become and do and make something WONDERFUL. How cool is that? And it is the perfect example of how we as a church should be in everything.
Ps 34:3 - Show Context
Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.
You may finish this sermonette with your own examples of how this could work in Life Groups, mission endeavors, etc.
1 comment:
Amen! And what a blessing it is to be able to worship our Lord through siging in a choir!
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