Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Who is playing?


  The setting for this story.  It was the fall of the year in Minneapolis, time for the spring clothing show. I had moved to Minneapolis to work when I was 21.  My friend Bob happened to come into the place I worked.  He told me why he was in the cities, and asked.  "Would you like to go to the clothing show"?  It didn't take long to answer my friend.  I was excited to go to the event, hors d' oeuvre, conversation, and live entertainment.
  We walked into Macy's, went to the 7th floor, and started the evening.  As I was looking at the stage I noticed a tuba setting on a chair.  Is this the live entertainment? A tuba? A one man band?  Don't they know this is the age of rock!
  The time had come, and the one man band started.  He caught my attention immediately. I had no idea that a tuba could talk.  He would make a statement, then say let me show you, and answer with music. It was very entertaining, the time went too quickly.  After the man was through, Bob said  "that was really good". I agreed it was fantastic.
  I liken us to the tuba, instruments of God.  Too often we try to play ourselves. We don't make a joyful sound unto the Lord. We just make noise.  Today, would you consider with me to let the Lord pick us up and make music?  Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the Earth:  make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. PSALMS  98:4 (KJV).

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