It's a cold and sunny Friday, and still the sweet strains of music linger in my ear from last night's rehearsal with the PraiSingers.
What a joy they are to me! As God has built our choir team over the years, He has been so faithful to bring the just right people at the just right time.
Last night, we rehearsed a beautiful section of "For the beauty of the earth" by John Rutter (my English church music composer idol). Here is the verse:
"For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light;
Lord of all to Thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise!"
Do I really find beauty in each hour of the day that God has made? Or, do I look so forward to the end of the day that I miss the beauty of the now?
That's where Friday comes in. Everyone has said "TGIF!" at some point (maybe even right now!), but who ever says "TGITuesday"...or "TGIWednesday"...even more rare would be TGIM! Heaven forbid!
I think as an artist, I have to constantly keep myself in check on this matter...yes, those of us who see the beauty in life many times only find that beauty in the "what should be" instead of "what is"...I know that I find myself longing, even yearning, for the finished product, when I should pause and enjoy the beauty of the canvass that has only a few sparsely drawn lines. The color, the depth, the sound, the chord will come in time...but the right now is still just as beautiful.
Lord, right now...right this moment....let me enjoy nothing more than the beauty of the present that you have created. Let me experience the beauty of this hour...TGIF!
What a joy they are to me! As God has built our choir team over the years, He has been so faithful to bring the just right people at the just right time.
Last night, we rehearsed a beautiful section of "For the beauty of the earth" by John Rutter (my English church music composer idol). Here is the verse:
"For the beauty of each hour of the day and of the night,
hill and vale and tree and flower, sun and moon and stars of light;
Lord of all to Thee we raise this our joyful hymn of praise!"
Do I really find beauty in each hour of the day that God has made? Or, do I look so forward to the end of the day that I miss the beauty of the now?
That's where Friday comes in. Everyone has said "TGIF!" at some point (maybe even right now!), but who ever says "TGITuesday"...or "TGIWednesday"...even more rare would be TGIM! Heaven forbid!
I think as an artist, I have to constantly keep myself in check on this matter...yes, those of us who see the beauty in life many times only find that beauty in the "what should be" instead of "what is"...I know that I find myself longing, even yearning, for the finished product, when I should pause and enjoy the beauty of the canvass that has only a few sparsely drawn lines. The color, the depth, the sound, the chord will come in time...but the right now is still just as beautiful.
Lord, right now...right this moment....let me enjoy nothing more than the beauty of the present that you have created. Let me experience the beauty of this hour...TGIF!
