TO BE A HARP
To be a harp...
but not just any kind!
The kind that seeks
the grace-notes of your Mind.
To be a harp!
To learn the angelic art,
and match the timeless
rhythms of your Heart.
Were I a harp,
I'd want to never cease
reflecting Heaven's
harmony of Peace.
Yet...on its own,
a harp's a silent thing.
It cannot play itself
or pluck its strings.
A harpist, then?
A skillful hand that deigns
to draw from out the harp
its deepest strains.
Blest Harpist! Yours
the Master-Hand that plays
sweet, sacred song,
woven so many ways!
Make me your harp,
in tune wherever I go.
Come! Use my strings;
Lord, make your Music flow!
(Becky Rhon)
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Above I said, "Maybe I can learn to BE one". It doesn't come naturally. We would usually prefer to be the musician, not the instrument! Too often we want to be the one who chooses each day's "music". Jesus described what our end-goal should be, what the result of our "music" must be:
"You are the light of the world...Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in Heaven." (Matthew 5:14-16)
The best way to ensure that this result is achieved? Take to heart the following verse, and commit to letting HIM be the Musician in our lives.
"May the God of peace...
equip you with everything good that you may do his will,
accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever.
Amen."
(Hebrews 13:20-21)
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