Christian Harmony...!
Life is the precious
gift of God almighty. God planned his ideas and fulfilled his works through
each individual. But today humanity is going astray from the presence of God
through disorder and flaws in their lives. God so loved the people irrespective
of any division and sustained them with extra care. Unity and love are the
visible signs of God’s blessings and virtues. Through this short article, I
would like to draw your attention about the harmony in Christian life and
Christian worship.
Harmony in Christian Life
Sound in
itself is not meant as music. Music is the ordered fusion or mixture of Tune,
Rhythm, Pitch and Voice so on. Structured and systematic discipline of these
elements makes good music. For a better Christian life, we should lead a
harmonious life like good music which resulted out from the harmony. The basis
of harmony is God’s love. In Joshua 24:15 (b), we can see…”but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord”. This is
the testimony coming out of the harmonious life of Joshua towards God and within
the family. God has given various opportunities in our life as experiences for
a better Christian life. For creating a good music, we should work hard in
endurance. Like this, we should discipline our life in every aspects of life.
It will help us to lead a harmonized Christian Life.
Harmony in Worship
Worship is the
visible expression of fellowship. It is also the celebration which includes
Verses, Sermons, Hymns and Prayers. Worship is recognizing the worthiness of
God and accepting the dignity of fellow beings. But today, our life is chained
by anger, hatred, jealousy, greed and selfishness. So all are trying to satisfy
their needs and desires only. So it will affect the real meaning of worship. It
destroys harmony in Christian worship.
In Four Parts singing, there are four voices; soprano, alto,
tenor and bass. Each one who sings the song should be leveled his voice according
to others those who sing. Domination or suppression of one voice will affect
the total music. We should create adequate flavor to the lives of people. It
will create harmony in life. In Matthew 5:13, we can see..”You are the salt of the earth”. Yes, We are really the salt of
the earth. We should creatively participate in the preserving, flavoring activities of lives through better harmony with God, almighty and fellow beings.
We should observe worship as means of dedication of gratitude, medium of peace,
perfection of happiness and synonym of humility. It is the real need of our
Church and the society.
May God,
almighty help us to lead a better harmonious life in relation to divine and
humane.
"This article i prepared for the magazine which is published by St.Thomas' CSI Malayalam Congregation, Kolkata ,during the Golden Jubilee Celebration in December 2012". alex
