DISHARMONY

           Some people are incredibly sensitive to sound.  It’s hard to describe how they hear – but they are usually very aware of dissonance, especially and particularly in music.  I’ve seen some literally cringe when someone sings or plays a wrong note.  Disharmony in music grates on them in a way that most other people just don’t get. (A ‘fingernails on a chalkboard’ kind of thing)

So, now that I’ve explained this peculiarity........... Here I am in a new church, with a band and a whole sanctuary full of singers (squawkers, warblers, thunderers, off-beat, out-of-sync, can’t-carry-a-tune, don’t-know-the-words, etc.).......... And now there is a problem.  Try a move to a different area of the sanctuary. Try moving a second time.  Sometimes I’ve even seen them leave during the singing.

But God is so cool!!!  One morning He showed me a picture of each and every singer.  They were in their perfect place, surrounded by voices that were perfectly suited to match and complement and blend with and enhance their own.  Wow, oh wow!!  Every single person fit into this angelic chorus of voices.  Not one was out of tune.  It all fit together so incredibly that I can’t find enough words to describe it.  And God showed me that here on Earth, things are not perfect, and voices are missing, and that is why the chorus doesn’t always sound good to me – because not everyone has “taken their place along the wall”, so-to-speak.  We need to have everyone jointly fitted in.  We need to have the complete choir.

  

Keeping this picture, this concept in mind, you’ll find that you’re not so upset and impatient with that discord you’re hearing. You might even find yourself singing all the more passionately, longing for the time when every voice is surrounded by its perfect complement, mixing in glorious harmonies like nothing else you’ve ever experienced before.