Why I Joined the Choir

I joined Metro Choir for two reasons.

The first may seem odd to you.  Many times during the day, doing various tasks that are easy to me, I get a little annoyed, frustrated and impatient with other people who are doing the same thing but having a hard time with the varying tasks.  Maybe they are not as experienced, or it’s a hard thing to learn or whatever.

I asked myself how I can overcome these wrong feelings and learn to sympathize with them and the answer was clear:  do something you have a hard time with and something you are really bad at.  Learn to understand what it is they need and how you can help them.

I love music but am far, far, far from being a gifted singer.

Singing in the choir keeps me very humble. It shows me how others must feel when they are tackling something they are not good at either.  And that gives me empathy.  It’s easier now to be more patient and helpful instead of wishing they were less awkward with the task at hand.

The more enjoyable reason is that I get so caught up in heavenly emotions when I am surrounded by such great voices all singing in unison.  It is such a healing thing to my heart.  I love being sure to sit behind someone, in front of someone and having people on both sides.  First of all, it helps me know what to do.  And secondly, like the song says, it’s a foretaste of glory divine for my soul.

God always provides things for us.  Sometimes they are fun, easy and good things.  Other times, like a Father, He presents difficulties for us to see how we are doing, how we are acting and see if we’ll take the challenge to grow.  And if we keep our hearts humble, we’ll be too busy trying to be more like Jesus and less likely to wish others would be more like us.