Follow the Score

Have you ever listened to an orchestra piece? I used to perform with an orchestra. I just LOVED hearing the strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion come together as a unit to produce an amazing sound. It was incredible to be a part of that. But there were times when I didn’t care for a particular section of a piece. Maybe I didn’t like the minor sound…or maybe I felt uneasy during a dissonant part of the piece. Whenever I performed a long piece, there always seemed to be some part I didn’t care for. But I wasn’t in control of what to play…I had to follow the score. When I followed the score, I was able to get through the difficult or uneasy section and eventually back to the part I liked.

Life can be like that, too…a music score, that is. Our “life score” is already written for us, we just have to “play” it. There may be difficult or “dissonant” times, but God puts us through those time for a reason. We just need to continue following the score He has written and eventually, we will make it through.


I recently was having a hard time with something. I thought to myself, “Okay Lord…this is a dissonant time for me!! Help!!” I knew things would work out, but at the time, it was so difficult. Now I look back on that time and think, “Wow…God really knows how to amazingly work things out.” My difficulties have been resolved, and the dissonance is gone. It won’t always be gone though…there will be more hard times. But my recent experience taught me that showed me how God uses times like that to shape my life….and my faith in Him.

Like dissonant and difficult music passages contribute to a piece as a whole and make it beautiful, we’ll later be able to look back on our difficult times and realize how vital they were to shaping the beautiful life God has given us.

-LWW