January 19, 2012
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Simple Sounds, Beautiful Music
While listening to this track (click play in the white box above), it struck me how simple the music is for each instrument (just a few different notes per instrument), and yet how much the music builds as the number of instruments increase. My last blog (aside from the picture update) was how beautiful music people can make as they come together in unity. And it’s the truth, no matter how gifted or not the people are. So many people want to have the giftings to make amazing music all by themselves. But the truth is, no solo, no matter how complicated and ridiculous it is, can match the power of an orchestra. Solos are neat, but they become empty and old pretty quick. It’s when there are more instruments working in tempo and harmony that the music becomes full and powerful.
During Jerusalem Ministry’s Arts and Crafts Camp the past few days we had about 42 volunteers and 36 girls gather together. The girls, each paired with a volunteer, made different crafts each of the three days. The volunteers were all faithful in encouraging their girls and building them up. The notes were simple… encouragement, love, and smiles. But with so many people collectively encouraging, loving, and smiling with the children, the sound was strong. The girls, no matter how hard a shell that they had coming to the camp, couldn’t help but smile and laugh as the camp progressed. They were like flowers blooming… some bloomed right away, while others took some more time… and all are beautiful.
The camp itself was pretty simple. But with so many people serving and loving, the results were powerful. My girls were so happy the workers at my home all noticed and kept thanking me for taking them. It’s interesting, our previous two camps had the same type of loving, sweet volunteers but were about half in total number. I felt that although the love and the activities were similar from the previous camps, because there were simply more people at this camp the sound of the camp was much stronger. The girls didn’t stand a chance to the love and there were beautiful shifts in each of them. Praise God!
God bless!
