Minor Chords

I can sing a bit.  If fact, I sing throughout the day to my hospice patients and I'm pretty sure that most of them leave their hearing aides turned on for the entire visit.  However, with the exception of a Kazoo, the only instrument I can play is the radio.  And, even then, I often get static.

Despite the fact I am not a musician and cannot play the chords on a piano beyond a pathetic rendition of "Chop Sticks," I know that the fullness of the major chords would be lost if not for the contrast of the minor chords.

It is the chill of the winter air that draws us to a fire place, where we experience that warm and toasty feeling.  It is the heat of the day that causes us to so welcome the cool of the night.  And how very welcome is a soft bed after a hard day at work.  Major chords are given fullness when following minor chords.

What if you were offered a lifetime supply of your favorite ice cream with the single requirement that you eat nothing else, would you be interested?  If you were told that your new job would be to sit in the most comfortable recliner known to man, reviewing  movies on the finest television ever created and provided a CEO's benefit package for life with only the caveat that you could do nothing else, would you accept offer?

Our ups have little meaning if there are never any downs.  Sweet tastes lose their distinction  if there are no sour or salty ones.  How do you even take time off if you never have any time on?  What would be the point in a rest if you never got tired?

Jesus' call to "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light" (Matt 11:29-30) finds its full meaning in his plea, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened..." (vs. 28).  The minor chord gives fullness to the major chord.

The point is that even "when you face trials of many kinds" you can "count it all joy" for the minor chords of affliction work to create major chords that are "mature and complete" (Js 1:2-4).  The fullness of God's blessings are brought into being following the challenges of life's  curses.  So, do not fret or worry for "in all things, God works for the good of those that love him" (Rom 8:28).  As you embrace the minor chords of life, listen for the major chords of heaven to ring out.  Jus' Say'n.