RHYTHM, I GOT THE BEAT

Beginning in February of 2012 I have taken up exotic world hand drumming. It has become a passion of mine. I now play for the church choir. I have eight drums from all over the world. My last one was custom made for me and is called the Steel Tongue Drum which has a mystical sound to it. Percussion is all about keeping the timing for the rest of the instruments and feeling the beat from within. The drummer is a background foundation for the rest of the instruments in a band or orchestra to stay on time and stay in the rhythm to the music being played or in other words keeping the balance of the music going.

I would not be surprised to find that God loves to play hand drums. God is a universal percussionist who is keeping us on the beat of the music of life. I look towards the Heavens at night and see the dance of the stars and planets and moon.

If we will listen, God beckons us to enter the rhythm of life with the Holy Trinity. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are in a dance and they want us to enter that dance of redeeming joy with them and to do that we must pick up the beat in our hearts and play out the rhythm in our lives in order to dance with a balance in our lives. When we are stepping on feet and lose the rhythm and beat of the dance with the Trinity, that is a sin. But the Trinity graciously reaches out of the circle to help pull us back into the dance rhythm of life with them here on earth and in Heaven. Listen for the beat and feel the rhythm of God in your life, happy dancing.

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