Curtian call

Growing up I played the flute and piccolo and secretly my dream while in high school was that I wanted to play in a Boston Pops orchestra and travel the world. It was a dream...

The last time I picked up my flute was 13 years ago and it's remained safely in it's carrying case since. I've taken it out a couple of times to try an remember the feeling, remember the happiness I had when I played. I once tried to put it together and play but the pads and in need of replacement and music was not heard. It wasn't the same. Something that used to give me such joy had been locked away for years, not being exposed, not being cared for and not being admired.

Do we do the same to our Savior? Is he treated like a commodity in which we pull only when needed? Is He kept safely away in a case and occasionally admired? Honestly, I used to think that way. I could do life on my own, that the decisions that I made were mine and no one was going to influence me...I'm independent!

Don't put God in a dark case and bring him out when convenient. When you go through a dark season in life where you feel locked up, or neglected and perhaps you need your pads replaced, remember that the ONE who created you is the maestro. Sometimes the seeds that He plants, need darkness to take root, to start the growing process. So don't stop playing, keep reading the music, keep tuned to what the Lord is teaching you and you'll see that your curtain called is on the season, not on your life.

Find the good in everything and learn that in the darkness, the lamp at your feet will show you the way to the stage.

Psalm 119:105