To Give...and Still Give More

II Corinthians 8 Reflection
The grace of God can be made known through giving. Giving is a testimony of God's grace. Giving to others is giving oneself to God first and then the will to give others becomes a repurcussion of our first love to God. A refinement of one's love to God is the result of the diligence of other believers to show grace to one another. Christ showed grace by becoming poor so that through His poverty christians can be come rich. There IS equality in the body of christ.
The abundance of one supplies the lack of another and vice versa. There are even some in the body of Christ who are even more diligent in their giving to others, because of their love for the gospel.The grace of God is such an evidence of the love of God. There is not much boasting in the body of Christ except for about God and the work that belivers have done for Christ, including and especially giving.

We love because, God loved us first.
Jesus is my first true love.
Giving is an example of the righteousness of Christ imputated to the believer evidenced through the power of the Holy Spirit, within sanctification. In justification God sowed the righteousness of Christ and reaped the fruit of the Spirit in sanctification.

So, Where Does Singing End?

While singing begins in the mind it ends up in other peoples minds. As a vocalist and performer, that means there's something greater than the beauty of a healthy functioning voice evidenced in singing-there's the message. Communication occurs between you and the your audience. Along the way are the tempting detours. Some of these wrong turns have devasting consequences and some are not as harmful as others. Some vocalists use GPS, some grow up knowing how to figure their way not knowing what they're doing. Others can't even start the car. Still some know how to use the maps in their glove compartment and when the ride get'a little bumpy, know where to turn. In the middle of the way is bodily relaxation, breathing, and vowel purity. Knowing how to practice perfectly will make way for possible perfect performance. There's going to be a need for lifestyle adaptation and opportunistic aids. In the mean time let's take a look at your instrument-the Body and the voice within.

Bon giorno Senorina

So, it's quite interesting that the first thing that my italian learning discs teach me is how to meet an italian woman and engage in sensible greetings and dialogue. I think they, whoever they are, may have it right.
Bon Giorno

So Where does singing begin?

Does singing begin in the diaphram, or in the throat, in the beginning of the day when in the shower, or in when one makes a committment to practice in a practice room? No, it begins in the mind. I am more convinced that a singer's ability to sing in a natural, healthy, and intelligent manner is dependant on the "inner ear". Can the singer hear a world of music inside that skull?
Well, let's begin developing the "voice of the mind".

Romans 11

I have an mp3 player that I'll use while I work and some statements really made sense while I listened to Romans 11. So the the depth and the riches of the wisdom of God is amazing. So amazing that God's ways are above our ways. Instead of just revealing himself to entire populas at once, God reveals himself to the hebrews, a stubborn group of wandering nomads. He reveals himself to them so that in there disobedience, He would make Himself known to the rest of the world-all the Gentiles. And yet the Gentiles will make the Jews jealous and God will graft Israel back, just as he grafted the Gentiles in. Besides God can graft whoever He wants to and just as easily he can cut off those branches he grafted in.
He consigned all to disobedience, so that in His foreknowledge He would have mercy on us all.
What a beautiful God

Go and sin no more!

I've been reading through the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It's amazing! I have been a lot of contextual detail that makes sense. Details that inform me about Christ and those he interacts with. Today I read about Christ's interaction with a woman who was caught in adultery in the gospel of John. So Christ goes to the temple earlier that day, then later the Pharisees bring a woman before Christ. Of course, they're trying to cause Christ to verbally stumble and give the Pharisees levrage to get Christ punished or killed. So what were the Pharisees doing getting this woman while she was in the act of adultery of again. Sounds like they get the perve card. They present her before Christ and Christ writes in the sand...twice. Christ tell's her that no one condemns her and that He does not condemn her. Then Christ tell's her to go and sin no more. It's interesting that around that time Christ gives a sneak preview of him being the Light of the World and how he always get's His authority from God the Father. He briefly discusses abiding in Him, which he later elaborates on in John.

to be continued

Bon Giorno!

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