When it comes to
music, it’s always been my thing. I was the artsy one, terrible at most other
activities. Music was naturally something I wanted to do. It still is.
I had gone to
MPBC all my life and had experienced the change in music styles for years. I
guess it’s safe to say that I didn’t really appreciate what we have here. When
I got married, moved away and expected to find a church “just like mine”, I
didn’t. Nowhere was just like MPBC. That is when I began to miss what I soon
realized was the desire to pursue “excellence.” Running over a song once and
saying “Eh, that’s good enough” just wasn’t enough. It wasn’t our best. So,
when I moved back this past July, I reveled in the joy of lots of practice and
harmonies and perfectly kept tempos. I was amazed at the changes that had
occurred in two and a half years, but I liked it. It just felt good to play and
sing and do it with people who really want to do their best for God. Not for
show, but for glorious beauty, lifted to the Father.
God deserves our
best. We know that deep down, but do we act on it? The music we play for Him
should be as perfect as we can make it. The way we serve Him in any area of our
life should be striving for excellence. Often times, we give Him our leftovers.
I do too. He deserves more than that.
We are imperfect
people and it’s okay to mess up. It’s okay to get off beat and miss a note or
totally lose your place in the song, but because we take a breath and keep
going, that’s the excellence. That’s what pleases God. He doesn’t need perfect
people. He wants people striving for perfection so that His name is lifted
higher and higher. Make His music beautiful, because it’s the best music of
all.
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