Living the Music

As a person who doesn't find the day complete without music in some way,

I was very moved by one of Ann's posts last week.

You can find it here:

http://www.aholyexperience.com/2011/12/the-way-to-really-conduct-a-life/

One specific Quote that moved me was this:

"I want a life that makes music — not just practices the piano."

Ohh.. I do too! 

And yet, I know... without practice the music will be half hazard,

rushing, with the wrong notes scattered here and there.

And so I keep trying this... this practicing. 

This thankfulness each day finding grace in it all.

This reaching out, and giving away. 

And when the emptiness comes...

The music begins. 

As quoted from my brother:

"Sometimes it's okay to feel empty."

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

So I try...

not to shove the grace aside, 

When the lessons are long and tough,

And the grace comes through the difficult things of this world, 

I will practice each day,

Thanking Him,

So that

My life "makes music"

because of the practicing.