Sounds in Your Soul

 

Yesterday we explored the rhythm of your life.  Today, I want you to listen for the dynamic ~ that is the intensity or volume of life.  To be sure, we live in a world that is stuck at fortississimo (that is extremely loud that hurts not just our ears but our souls).  We are blasted by blaring words and actions that are harming each other and God’s creation.  Everyone keeps turning up the volume on social media and people with platforms who are only concerned about the number of clicks ~ not their character.  When the world around us feels sforzando (that means suddenly forced, abrupt, fierce ~ I know it is like a music theory class this week!) ~ that does something to us in our minds, bodies and especially souls! 

 

Where are those moments you get caught or cling to the shouting, screeching, piercing with pulsing notes of life that are going by in a blur?  Where do you bring the dynamics of life down a notch to mezzo forte (that is the default dynamic level of equilibrium that your soul longs for).  Do you ever find a space and place for pianississimo, so soft the only sounds are audible to the ears of your soul?

 

Just as the rhythm of life matters, so do the dynamics.  God is calling us to explore the range from so soft as a feather drop to moments when we life every voice to sing so heaven rings.  We need moments where the peaceful violin strings reverberate and resonate fading softly as well as times for the bass drum to boom to get our blood flowing.  Too much of one dynamic, just like too much one note, makes not only for a boring symphony, but life.  Pay attention to the sounds around you and within you.  Pay attention to the moments of quiet rest when it is only your breath.  Pay attention to others who decree and demand you must play their way!  Remember God is the Conductor and Composer of the unfinished symphony of this last day of April.  Amen.