"I took violin lessons from age 6 to 14, but had no luck with my teachers, for which whom music did not transcend mechanical practicing I really began to learn only after I had fallen in love with Mozart's sonatas. The attempt to reproduce their singular grace compelled me to improve my technique. I believe, on the whole, that love is a better teacher then a sense of duty"--Albert Einstein.
I came across this quote recently, thought it was very insightful, and then I noticed who the quote was from. I believe Mr. Einstein has hit upon a truth.
Why are you and I living as Children of God? Is it because we love Him, or because we sense a call to duty? Is it because: "That is the way I was raised, and it is the right way to live?" Why do we worship Him, is it because it is the "Way we have always done it"? Do we "Go through the motions, do we do things out of habit? According to Einstein:..........Love is a better teacher then a sense of duty."
While I was in the US Navy, we came close to war during the "Iran Hostage Situation" in 1980. There was a very good chance we would see combat. We all thought about it, wither we talked about it or not. I know we all would have done "whatever" we had to do, because we had a "Sense of Duty" to our country, and we had taken an oath. We had been trained for combat, but actually staring at a real possibility of it, was another thing altogether. If it had happened would I have "Loved it"? No, I am pretty sure I would have hated it, had nightmares from it for the rest of my life. The only people who knew what combat was like are the ones who had been through it. Experience had taught them what it was like, and the best way to deal with, or not deal with it. But it is easy to say that NO ONE loves war.
In Einstein's above quote he talks about a love for music, a REAL love, adoration, sensing the beauty and be moved by it,. When this happened, he improved his "Technique". Why? Because he was seeing the beauty in it. He wanted to recreate the sound he was hearing down to the least minute detail.]
When you fall in love with someone or something what happens? You want to spend every minute with them or it. Ever had a brand new car that you absolutely LOVED? You think about getting to drive it to work all night long, then spend your day thinking about driving it home. It's new, it's exciting. After awhile, you don;t think about it, it has become old, you've seen it, you've pushed all the buttons, know what they do and it is not so great anymore. Falling in love with someone is also like this, after awhile, you grow complacent or take your lover for granted. The love matures, the excitement seems like it is gone, but there is a maturity and trust that has formed.
OK, my point is that when you fall in love with someone or something, you are moved, your senses are enlightened, your emotions are all brought to the surface, the SUN is brighter, the sky is bluer every day is better, even the rain is beautiful. AND your creative juices are flowing. If you don't love something, it is hard to get excited about it, isn't it? People who don't care for Football, see fans going crazy and think they are stupid, jerks. "WHY?" is more then likely what they are saying. "Why, go out in 10 degree weather and take your shirt off, so we can see you painted it to look like your favorite players jersey?" Why? They don;'t have the passion for the sport, and team and players like we do. They don't understand.
I have always loved writing. I have tried to write books for years. I have always failed. I just couldn't finish. I would get a great idea, but fell short with all the work it takes. Characters, relationships, story line: where do we go next?, background, tying it all together to make a great climax. I just did not have the drive to do all that. Short stories, no problem, blogs like this one, easy, but anything over 5 pages, forget about it.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come!
Wow, that pretty much comes right to the point, doesn't it? My question to you, and me is: Do you love the Lord, are you serving Him because you love Him? Are we just going through the motions and doing what we have always done? Are we, like Albert Einstein, practicing and practicing the mechanics, but don't have the passion, the desire, the Love to understand the meaning? How can we get complacent about our love for God Jehovah and His Son, Jesus Christ, after the work that was done on Christmas, and especially Easter? Where is our true LOVE for Him? Have our services become like a church I attended years ago: 3 songs, announcements, sermon, Luby's? Move of God? No that is not in the schedule, sorry. When we love something, I mean REALLY love something, not just say we do, then it will show. It will show in our actions, our pray life, our scripture reading, our relationships, our attitude, our WHOLE life. We will desire to have more of Him, to "Play His music with passion, meaning, emotions. "
Let's all be like Albert Einstein was with his violin, let's fall in love with the music of life, of love, and of the God Jehovah who loves us so much He created us, and sent part of Him, His son to become one of us, and sacrificed Himself, willingly, so that we might live. Would we be willing to do that for another, for the Lord God? To sacrifice our self for Him? Are we that much in love with God's ways?
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