In music, the simple melody often expresses feelings much better than complicated ones. If the music is too busy it can cover up a simple melody, it can distract from the beauty. The problem is that a lot of folks ignore the simple chalking it off as immature or untrained, maybe even uninformed. Even the artists’ often believe they must use all of their knowledge in the same song. The result is that the listener often becomes confused.
In the Christian life, the simple expression of love works the same way. If life is too busy the simple message of love is covered up by all of the noise of busy-ness which distracts from the beauty. And people who look on often ignore the message being lived because the message and the life don’t match. The result is that the one looking on becomes confused and looks other places for peace.
The challenge for us who want to follow Jesus is to find a way to express what we know in simple terms. We don’t do that because we don’t understand complicated thoughts and principles, actually it’s the opposite. Because we understand those complicated things, because we’ve lived those complicated things, we are much better at presenting them in simple ways.
In music, the simple melody has more clout once the performer has proved him or herself in the difficult. Life works the same way. The simple message of God’s love seems to have more clout once the one offering the message has proved him or herself in the difficult.
Think about that…
Jim
Very True and nicely written.