I have liked Beethoven for most of my life. I like to listen, especially in a live concert. I have the audacity to try playing his piano sonatas. I've even tried to play his violin concerto, not a pleasant experience for anyone listening. I had a friend who would say,"If it's worth playing well, it's worth playing badly." Do you enjoy the experience of trying to play well, or do you leave it to the experts ? In Jesus's time there were "experts" who would listen to him and criticise what he did. But it was the ordinary people who "heard him gladly" and realized that here was the maestro or "messiah." He not only sang the song of heaven but did it with consummate skill. If you want to hear him speak to you read one of the gospels in your Bible, John's gospel in particular. If you love him you will hear the love song of his love for you.
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I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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