LIfe in the Twiddley Bits....
We are so blessed in our church to have so many talented worshippers who lead us each Sunday. Their musicality is outstanding, and I honour and value their dedication to bring us as a congregation into the very throne-room of God, with praise on our lips, even though at times there might be tears in our hearts.
Take last Sunday morning, for example...
I was sometimes joining in singing, sometimes just lost in the presence of God, and as I was at the back, with a littke space to move, taking the chance to kneel as we sang "To be in your presence, to sit at your feet....."
And then I started to listen for a moment to the music, and I heard Phil on clarinet. Now Phil is one of those wonderful musicians who can play a range of instruments - if you can blow through it, Phil can make it sing! And something struck me; Phil wasn't playing the music. I don't mean he couldn't - I mean he WASN'T. He was not playing the melody at all. He was weaving some amazing notes around the melody - he was playing what, to my ear, sounded like "twiddley bits". And yet, the twiddley bits both enhanced the melody, and brought the whole thing together. A bit like the warp and weft of a fabric. If the warp is the melody, then it takes something in the opposite direction to pull the fabric close and hold it all together.
Ever felt like you weren't in step with everyone else? Evere felt like they were all dancing to one song, and yours was compleltly different? Well, sometimes, that is exactly what is needed to hold some things together. God listens to the entire score, and blends it together, so that it sounds just right.
And did you ever notice that it's the twiddley bits that actually give the framework to the music - that's how we know when to start, and when to come in again after a refrain - even when to end.
Pat's Thought for the Day:
Instead of worrying about not being in step with everyone else arond you, realize that it's the fact that you are different - "In this world but not of it", that actually makes sense of it all.
Take last Sunday morning, for example...
I was sometimes joining in singing, sometimes just lost in the presence of God, and as I was at the back, with a littke space to move, taking the chance to kneel as we sang "To be in your presence, to sit at your feet....."
And then I started to listen for a moment to the music, and I heard Phil on clarinet. Now Phil is one of those wonderful musicians who can play a range of instruments - if you can blow through it, Phil can make it sing! And something struck me; Phil wasn't playing the music. I don't mean he couldn't - I mean he WASN'T. He was not playing the melody at all. He was weaving some amazing notes around the melody - he was playing what, to my ear, sounded like "twiddley bits". And yet, the twiddley bits both enhanced the melody, and brought the whole thing together. A bit like the warp and weft of a fabric. If the warp is the melody, then it takes something in the opposite direction to pull the fabric close and hold it all together.
Ever felt like you weren't in step with everyone else? Evere felt like they were all dancing to one song, and yours was compleltly different? Well, sometimes, that is exactly what is needed to hold some things together. God listens to the entire score, and blends it together, so that it sounds just right.
And did you ever notice that it's the twiddley bits that actually give the framework to the music - that's how we know when to start, and when to come in again after a refrain - even when to end.
Pat's Thought for the Day:
Instead of worrying about not being in step with everyone else arond you, realize that it's the fact that you are different - "In this world but not of it", that actually makes sense of it all.
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