Last week a friend of mine sent me a darling
video that brightened my day. Using animated birds as the characters of the
video, we learn about uniqueness and the beauty of diversity. Seeing and
hearing the bird at the end of the video being himself, yet adding to the
choir, made me laugh and smile. I just had to post it.
The following are Jeffrey R. Holland’s words in
the video.
"Among the realities we face as children of God
living in a fallen world is that some days are difficult, days when our faith
and our fortitude are tested.
"So what do we do in such times?
"In those moments when the melody of joy falters
below our power of expression, we may have to stand silent for a time and
simply listen to others, drawing strength from the splendor of the music around
us, to hold tenaciously to the line in this hymn that reassures, “Jesus
listening can hear the songs [you] cannot sing.”
"On those days when we feel a little out of
tune, a little less than what we think we see or hear in others, I would ask us, to remember it is by divine design that not all the voices in God's choir are the same. It takes variety - sopranos and altos, baritones and basses - to make rich music.
"When we disparage our uniqueness or try to
conform to fictitious stereotypes then we lose the richness of tone and timbre that God intended when He created a world of diversity.
"Believe in yourself, and believe in Him. Don’t
demean your worth or denigrate your contribution. Above all, don’t abandon your
role in the chorus. Why? Because you’re unique; you’re irreplaceable. The loss
of even one voice diminishes every other singer in this great mortal choir of
ours, including the loss of those who feel they are on the margins, margins of
society, or the margins of the Church.
"We should stand as close as humanly possible to
the Savior and Redeemer of the world – where we will be able to savor forever that most precious anthem of
all—'the song of redeeming love.' "
 |
Dieter F. Uchtdorf shared some thoughts
about
families in April of 2016. I liked this
quote so I painted a picture to go with it.
|
No comments:
Post a Comment