I was in the shower today and suddenly I got this extreme urge to do a number of different things.
*Sing
*Sing harmony with Emma Snider.
*Blog about singing harmony
*Blog about God and relationships.
It was kind of a weird sequence of thoughts. First I started humming, "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel. As a senior in high school, the madrigal girls sang a 4 (or maybe 6?) part harmony arrangement of this beautifully simple song. It kind of haunts my dreams and to this day. I can hear all the harmonies as I sing my part and I get goosebumps! So then I thought of my dear friend (and one of my bridesmaids) Emma. She is my most favorite person to sing with. She has the perfect alto (and Soprano!) voice. When we sing together, I take top she takes bottom and, in my mind, its magic. So of course then I thought about All-State Choir 06-07. To this day, All-State is one of my BEST memories from high school. One song we sang in particular gets me Every time. It's called "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre. When a song can incite in you 800 different emotions in the span of five minutes, you know its good. I think Eric Whitacre is a genius and I'm convinced that God gave him a vision of what Heaven sounds like. And this thought led me to my next series of thoughts involving God. I think God gives us examples of what he is like and what Heaven is like in our daily lives. He shows us his character by mirroring relationships we have with people we know.
For example, why would anyone ever want to pro-create? What drives us to want and love babies so much? And then once we have them, what is it in us that wants the best for them? Why do we want to spoil them? Teach them, help them, and find so much delight in them? I guess hormones would be one answer. But I don't believe that the love my parents have for me is simply hormone based. I think the love parents have for their children is Gods answer to the question 'Why are we here?' An atheist would say we're here by happenstance. That everything in the world is strictly science and can be explained as such. However, atheists are quite in the minority in this thought because the majority of people in the world believe in something even if they don't know what to believe. I think there is a reason for that. I don't believe we are just animals that happened to make it on top of the food chain. We have a purpose and emotions that are organic and purely original to human beings. Some animals exhibit parts of a vast range of emotion that we experience every day, but not one can boast the high maintenance of a human being.
Anyway, I think God created us because he wanted children. He wanted children like I want children. He put the same desire in me and millions of other mothers/fathers so we would know how it feels to want to create something of ourselves. And create, not just for ourselves, but for something else. To create just so you can love that tiny innocent being. You know it's going to hurt, it's going to be messy, it's going to cause you heart break after heart break. You'll be scared for it, you'll cry for it, hurt for it, sacrifice for it, but its all worth the pain because something in you longs for and loves your child. This idea really makes me think about being 'a child of God.' I've heard the expression coined my entire life but I never really took it in or thought about it.
In my mind, God has a baby book of each and everyone of us. And he looks at them constantly with the same expression and love that passed over your face as you gazed over this sleeping baby.
*Sing
*Sing harmony with Emma Snider.
*Blog about singing harmony
*Blog about God and relationships.
It was kind of a weird sequence of thoughts. First I started humming, "And So It Goes" by Billy Joel. As a senior in high school, the madrigal girls sang a 4 (or maybe 6?) part harmony arrangement of this beautifully simple song. It kind of haunts my dreams and to this day. I can hear all the harmonies as I sing my part and I get goosebumps! So then I thought of my dear friend (and one of my bridesmaids) Emma. She is my most favorite person to sing with. She has the perfect alto (and Soprano!) voice. When we sing together, I take top she takes bottom and, in my mind, its magic. So of course then I thought about All-State Choir 06-07. To this day, All-State is one of my BEST memories from high school. One song we sang in particular gets me Every time. It's called "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre. When a song can incite in you 800 different emotions in the span of five minutes, you know its good. I think Eric Whitacre is a genius and I'm convinced that God gave him a vision of what Heaven sounds like. And this thought led me to my next series of thoughts involving God. I think God gives us examples of what he is like and what Heaven is like in our daily lives. He shows us his character by mirroring relationships we have with people we know.
For example, why would anyone ever want to pro-create? What drives us to want and love babies so much? And then once we have them, what is it in us that wants the best for them? Why do we want to spoil them? Teach them, help them, and find so much delight in them? I guess hormones would be one answer. But I don't believe that the love my parents have for me is simply hormone based. I think the love parents have for their children is Gods answer to the question 'Why are we here?' An atheist would say we're here by happenstance. That everything in the world is strictly science and can be explained as such. However, atheists are quite in the minority in this thought because the majority of people in the world believe in something even if they don't know what to believe. I think there is a reason for that. I don't believe we are just animals that happened to make it on top of the food chain. We have a purpose and emotions that are organic and purely original to human beings. Some animals exhibit parts of a vast range of emotion that we experience every day, but not one can boast the high maintenance of a human being.
Anyway, I think God created us because he wanted children. He wanted children like I want children. He put the same desire in me and millions of other mothers/fathers so we would know how it feels to want to create something of ourselves. And create, not just for ourselves, but for something else. To create just so you can love that tiny innocent being. You know it's going to hurt, it's going to be messy, it's going to cause you heart break after heart break. You'll be scared for it, you'll cry for it, hurt for it, sacrifice for it, but its all worth the pain because something in you longs for and loves your child. This idea really makes me think about being 'a child of God.' I've heard the expression coined my entire life but I never really took it in or thought about it.
In my mind, God has a baby book of each and everyone of us. And he looks at them constantly with the same expression and love that passed over your face as you gazed over this sleeping baby.
Catie--
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for bugging you while you were writing this :) This is so beautiful, and it brings a smile to my face to know that my wife can hear from and speak to the Lord with such clarity and conviction-- you are so spiritually mature. I can't wait to start makin' da babies with you-- but until then, a puppy will have to do!