how can i keep singing?
Don't worry, no loss of love for music. just the opposite in fact.
It's 2 am, and the feeling is gone... wait that wasn't where I was going. plus it sounds like a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w
So, it really is 2 am plus. have to get up in a few hours to rip carpet out of the basement. But if I don't write now, I will probably lose the feeling that I want to express.
You see, today was a long day, not in a bad way, but an emotionally, spiritually draining day. Such a rise and fall of emotions, that is why I am writing.
I spent the morning working in the Kansas City Missouri Temple. I do what I am asked to do there, assisting patrons as I can, and trying to make it a good experience for them. I focus on the work that I do, so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.
Today, I had the opportunity to stay and sit at the Recommend desk from the end of the morning shift, until the evening shift starts coming in. The temple doesn't have any work, other than administrative going on during the middle of the afternoon, and while there are people there, sitting at the desk, after most people leave, you don't see any of them.
For my friends who are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, let me explain what the Recommend Desk is responsible for. People will say that after an LDS temple is dedicated, only mormons can go in. While that is true, it actually is more precise to say that only worthy members of the LDS church can enter. I will just leave it at that. If you have any questions about that, feel free to ask.
So, for nearly an hour, I sat at the desk, being vigilant for the front door, but with no one else walking through the desk area, or in or out of the temple. I wish that there was some soft organ music being played through the area, but no matter, I had my thoughts, and was thinking about the promises received in the ordinances performed, the promise of eternal families, the promise of living forever with our Heavenly Father. My mind gets very active when there is not any kind of stimuli, other than the spirit to speak to me.
Yes, I do believe that God speaks to man. I believe that He speaks to me, in fact, I would say that I know that. (it is usually through song, and usually when I least expect it) A very peaceful time, to contemplate, all while being vigilant for the door. When my relief came in, I was glad to see him, but sad to leave the temple.
So I hopped over to McDonald's for a light meal, getting ready to go to chorale practice. I was doing some research for my paper I am doing in a class I am taking, but won't lie, my mind wasn't on H.J. 19 a propose amendment to scrap the Electoral College.
I am hesitant to speak of my experience at choir tonight, (or last night, I guess, looking at the clock) but for some reason feel the need. And of course, we sang my favorite Beebe arrangement ever. Anthem of Christ. I would include the words, but there aren't any. It consists of oohs, ohs, and ahs, with some narration regarding the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. And while we rehearsed the parts, I knew that something was touching me, but when we sang it with the accompaniment and the narration, I was overwhelmed. And that was where the title comes in. I have had opportunities to sing at funerals, twice I was overwhelmed by the spirit of the music, and felt, no doubt, the fool for choking up. I remember singing the sixth verse of "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" as a solo, which goes like this:
In pris'n I saw him next, condemned
To meet a traitor's doom at morn
The tide of lying tongues I stemmed,
And honored him mid shame and scorn,
My friendship's utmost zeal to try
He asked if I for him would die,
The flesh was weak; my blood ran chill
But my free spirit cried, "I will"
Yeah, didn't make it. So again I ask. "How does one keep singing, and pushing the sound through when you are overcome with the feeling of the song?
That is the unanswered question. Thoughts?
Now, off to bed.
Oh, and here is the link to the 7 verses of a most beautiful song.
https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/a-poor-wayfaring-man-of-grief?lang=eng
and a link to the Beebe Sound:
https://www.hymns.com/
It's 2 am, and the feeling is gone... wait that wasn't where I was going. plus it sounds like a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1sf2CzEq0w
So, it really is 2 am plus. have to get up in a few hours to rip carpet out of the basement. But if I don't write now, I will probably lose the feeling that I want to express.
You see, today was a long day, not in a bad way, but an emotionally, spiritually draining day. Such a rise and fall of emotions, that is why I am writing.
I spent the morning working in the Kansas City Missouri Temple. I do what I am asked to do there, assisting patrons as I can, and trying to make it a good experience for them. I focus on the work that I do, so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.
Today, I had the opportunity to stay and sit at the Recommend desk from the end of the morning shift, until the evening shift starts coming in. The temple doesn't have any work, other than administrative going on during the middle of the afternoon, and while there are people there, sitting at the desk, after most people leave, you don't see any of them.
For my friends who are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, let me explain what the Recommend Desk is responsible for. People will say that after an LDS temple is dedicated, only mormons can go in. While that is true, it actually is more precise to say that only worthy members of the LDS church can enter. I will just leave it at that. If you have any questions about that, feel free to ask.
So, for nearly an hour, I sat at the desk, being vigilant for the front door, but with no one else walking through the desk area, or in or out of the temple. I wish that there was some soft organ music being played through the area, but no matter, I had my thoughts, and was thinking about the promises received in the ordinances performed, the promise of eternal families, the promise of living forever with our Heavenly Father. My mind gets very active when there is not any kind of stimuli, other than the spirit to speak to me.
Yes, I do believe that God speaks to man. I believe that He speaks to me, in fact, I would say that I know that. (it is usually through song, and usually when I least expect it) A very peaceful time, to contemplate, all while being vigilant for the door. When my relief came in, I was glad to see him, but sad to leave the temple.
So I hopped over to McDonald's for a light meal, getting ready to go to chorale practice. I was doing some research for my paper I am doing in a class I am taking, but won't lie, my mind wasn't on H.J. 19 a propose amendment to scrap the Electoral College.
I am hesitant to speak of my experience at choir tonight, (or last night, I guess, looking at the clock) but for some reason feel the need. And of course, we sang my favorite Beebe arrangement ever. Anthem of Christ. I would include the words, but there aren't any. It consists of oohs, ohs, and ahs, with some narration regarding the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. And while we rehearsed the parts, I knew that something was touching me, but when we sang it with the accompaniment and the narration, I was overwhelmed. And that was where the title comes in. I have had opportunities to sing at funerals, twice I was overwhelmed by the spirit of the music, and felt, no doubt, the fool for choking up. I remember singing the sixth verse of "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" as a solo, which goes like this:
In pris'n I saw him next, condemned
To meet a traitor's doom at morn
The tide of lying tongues I stemmed,
And honored him mid shame and scorn,
My friendship's utmost zeal to try
He asked if I for him would die,
The flesh was weak; my blood ran chill
But my free spirit cried, "I will"
Yeah, didn't make it. So again I ask. "How does one keep singing, and pushing the sound through when you are overcome with the feeling of the song?
That is the unanswered question. Thoughts?
Now, off to bed.
Oh, and here is the link to the 7 verses of a most beautiful song.
https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/a-poor-wayfaring-man-of-grief?lang=eng
and a link to the Beebe Sound:
https://www.hymns.com/
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