Character-The Music Rite of Passage
Elegance and Ceremony
When Should a Music Ceremony Be Used? A ceremony can and should be used anytime a musician has completed a goal, made a special accomplishment, achieved a rite of passage, or been recognized for any noteworthy task.
A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a special occasion. Your character may depend on the elegance and dignity of your environment. Your surroundings have requisites in order to remain in that particular environment. Character insists on elegance, dignity and appropriateness. There are appropriate expectations and behavior requisites for funerals, birthday, graduations, weddings coronations, inaugurations, entering and staying in Gods presence. There are music requisites connected to worship. These requisites are both spiritual and practical. Some churches have lowered the requisites for their seeker friendly environs. Appropriate character adaptation counters the modern trend towards casual Fridays at work and casual Sundays at church. Casual Sundays encourages us to make a seeker friendly music environment for church goers.
Casual Friday (also known as Dress-down Friday or simply Casual day) is an American and Canadian business custom which has spread to other parts of the world, wherein some offices celebrate a semi-reprieve from the constrictions of a formal dress code.
You are the seed for ushering in dignity and elegance to the music environment. First discern the focus of music environment. Discover the area where the best comes out of you. Present the music gift with elegance and dignity. Convey importance. Distinguish the good music from bad and great from ordinary. Today their might be less distinction between the music in the Bet videos, music played in the taverns and brothels, and Sunday morning worship.
The difference between the music in the Tavern and Sunday morning is presentation. There is a distinction between the music in the stadium and the cathedral, throne room and gutter, the Palace and pig pen, elevator and Throne of God. The difference is presentation. Beware of the music Passion uncontrolled in the cathedral, gutter and stadium is potentially dangerous.
Elegant and dignified environs nurture appropriate, behavior, formal dress, regal music, center piece flowers, crystal, chandeliers and special food. Your friends will give an account to the texture and significance of your music life. Your obituary will be written by the street conversations of your admirers. What you are will outlive what other musicians say you are. Your character traits will be memorialized in the obituary of your existence.
Great character is not accomplished in self promotion (elevation of you)! Your music assignment is to magnify and elevate other musicians. We magnify and elevate other musicians by securing a safe environment for musicians to be their best selves. Your elevation and promotion is Gods assignment. Matthew <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />7:12 (New King James Version) 12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Luke 6:27-36 (New King James Version) 27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you
Righteous character inspects the music environment! I implore every musician, assess the music Environ. Good character examines the environment. Character, withholds judgment, because your response can determine the dignity and longevity of the environment. . For, it is not the music that enters a nation that defiles a republic. It is the music that comes out of a nation that defiles a kingdom, neighborhood, and people.
Choose an environment that brings out the best in you.
Philippians 4:8 (New King James Version) 8 Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.
Some music environs are designed to bring out the best character and music you. It is reported that every musician who played with the great Charlie Bird Parker automatically played better. There is an environment that enhances your “a” game. Music leadership requires that you bring your "A" game.
Costume Jewelry Environments
Some environs are like Costume jewelry. Costume jewelry (also called fashion jewelry, junk jewelry or fake jewelry) is jewelry that is made of less valuable materials, including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones. Environment that have no limits or constraints have a façade that synthesize dignity. Some of those costume jewelry environments ultimately despise elegance, appropriateness, and dignity. There is a music environment that has no limits or constraints.
Judges 21:25 (New King James Version)25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
Avoid! Some people who bring turbulence to the music environment. Abraham separated from Lot because of character. Perhaps, Lot didn’t recognize Abrahams’ greatness and scorned His leadership.
Sometimes disconnection is the only option.
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