I had two pretty different musical experiences this weekend. It reminded me that playing and hearing music is rea
Just now I went to Maxim Vengerov’s UMS performance, which was phenomenal. He’s a master- check out this video of a piece that he played tonight.
Secondly, on Friday we had a sendoff for a friend who was returning to Japan after an exchange program. We found out that he plays electric guitar, so we decided it would be fun to play some music together (my parents have an electric drum set and bass guitar in their basement). We played Lose Yourself (by Eminem), Can’t Stop (by RHCP), and In The End (by Linkin Park).
Part of the fun of performing is that you as the performer have a plan that the audience doesn’t know about. So after doing a lot of prep you get to show everyone what you cooked up, and hopefully surprise and delight them. Seeing things come together makes all the prep worth it.
On the other hand, jam sessions are fun because you get together with a bunch of friends with little to no plans. Someone starts playing a song, which leads into another one halfway through. You might miss notes or play off key, but everyone keeps following and the music goes on.
So is life (specifically Christian life) more like a performance or a jam session?
Some days you know where God’s telling you to go, and what you want to do. So you plan and prepare, working hard at learning new things, growing, encouraging and ministering to other people and seeing things bear fruit. You practice purposefully and play the music when it’s time.
Some days you have no idea what’s going on, and the best you can do is eke out a few notes as you go through your routine work and church and rest cycles. Maybe you throw in some improv-ed licks but not all of them land.
Whatever kind of day or week or month or year we have, we should be glad that every day we get to play the music of our life. And whether you’re playing a piece that you’ve practiced a million times or just humming to a tune you can barely make out, know that God is hearing your music and enjoying it.
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