Sing or Singing
I had a wonderful discussion with Tall Man this evening. He gave me reason to ponder, think, and envelope a principle that many struggle with. I hope he was able to learn from it as I did.
We were listening to the radio on the way downtown. The interviewer asked the interviewee when he knew for himself, they were talking about personal testimony. The interviewee explained the he had just moved with is family to a new town. The day before starting high school, his father sat him down and told him that he could not live on borrowed light. At some point he was going to have to find his own light to carry. It was at that point that he find the desire within himself to step out of the circle of his father and mothers light and let his own personal light shine.
As we listened to this interview, Tall Man asked a question, "What is the different between being a member and being a practicing member?" I had to give it some thought. I wanted to make sure that he understood the difference. I answered with a question in return. "What is the difference between someone who says, I sing, and someone who sings?"
This opened a wonderful trail of thought and idea. Anyone can say they sing, but not everyone sings. Those who sing are continually trying to do their best. They may not sing well, but they never give up singing. They sing because it makes them happy, it completes them, it gives them the sense of purpose.
Some sing solos and some sing in choirs. It does not matter, they just sing. When they do, they lift others, they make the group they are with better for just being part of them. Being a member and being a practicing member is very similar.
There are times when we do have to stand solo and sing. It may be in a calling, a talent, or a just standing as a witness. However, most of the time we are singing with a choir. We make the group what it is. We care for each other, we strive to make each member of the choir better at what the do, how the sound, how they look, and in what other think of them. We as members do the same. We make the body better as a whole when we sing with all that we have.
This principle applies to many things in life. We make our work places better, our families, our homes, our classrooms, our lives, etc... The list could go on forever. We should always be practicing, not just claimers. Do you sing or are you singing?
We were listening to the radio on the way downtown. The interviewer asked the interviewee when he knew for himself, they were talking about personal testimony. The interviewee explained the he had just moved with is family to a new town. The day before starting high school, his father sat him down and told him that he could not live on borrowed light. At some point he was going to have to find his own light to carry. It was at that point that he find the desire within himself to step out of the circle of his father and mothers light and let his own personal light shine.
As we listened to this interview, Tall Man asked a question, "What is the different between being a member and being a practicing member?" I had to give it some thought. I wanted to make sure that he understood the difference. I answered with a question in return. "What is the difference between someone who says, I sing, and someone who sings?"
This opened a wonderful trail of thought and idea. Anyone can say they sing, but not everyone sings. Those who sing are continually trying to do their best. They may not sing well, but they never give up singing. They sing because it makes them happy, it completes them, it gives them the sense of purpose.
Some sing solos and some sing in choirs. It does not matter, they just sing. When they do, they lift others, they make the group they are with better for just being part of them. Being a member and being a practicing member is very similar.
There are times when we do have to stand solo and sing. It may be in a calling, a talent, or a just standing as a witness. However, most of the time we are singing with a choir. We make the group what it is. We care for each other, we strive to make each member of the choir better at what the do, how the sound, how they look, and in what other think of them. We as members do the same. We make the body better as a whole when we sing with all that we have.
This principle applies to many things in life. We make our work places better, our families, our homes, our classrooms, our lives, etc... The list could go on forever. We should always be practicing, not just claimers. Do you sing or are you singing?
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