Sunday, June 08, 2008

Being a blessing, Needs hard work and humility

Music needs practice. And when you take time for music it turns out to be something blessed for the people who listen to those who play or sing. That's when you begin to feel like a dwarf in front of people who have spent time, rather taken time off to practice so that those who listen would be blessed.
I attended an evening service at the Christian Medical College Chapel a Bagayam. the service was beautiful, giving all praise to God and the choir, a breathtaking host (too small a group to use that word, still) of singers accompanied by a graceful pianist. The songs took a metaphysical tone once they started and all were led to praise God. I like to believe that, because I was.
Dr. Sujith Chandy, the choir master led the singing and read out one of the songs with the title, "Everyone needs Jesus". Besides a choir master, skilled and tasteful pianist, he is a humble and helpful man. We owe our internship to him since he was great help. His brother has been a blessed musician and my Guru. Sons of a priest. Yet another inspiring aspect about them.

The message was delivered by a surgeon who had no airs of being one and quite surprisingly gave a message summed up this way:

God created us to be a blessing rather than to be a popular person. That's why he created us and put us at the place we are. When we think fame and glory, we become arrogant.

It i in broken-ness that we are secure not in feverish effort to take control.
It is in being vulnerable that we find relationships.

People with great professions. Professional excellence. But none of that shown. Instead, hard work and lessons of humility.

Way to go, Y knot. you are not meant to be popular, but a blessing. I accept that.

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