{"id":669,"date":"2018-02-21T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/maestro-may-my-eyes-and-heart-be-on-you\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T16:13:02","slug":"maestro-may-my-eyes-and-heart-be-on-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=669","title":{"rendered":"Maestro! May My Eyes and Heart Be on You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Maestro definition: Master Conductor, expert, genius, prodigy, pro, virtuoso, a great or distinguished figure in any sphere. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve been there when an orchestra is tuning up before their concert. All of those musicians are doing their own thing to check out their instrument \u2013 to be sure it\u2019s in tune. Those players are not in sync or in harmony. How could anything beautiful come from what sounds so disharmonious and chaotic. But, in a matter of minutes, it is like a switch was flipped and the Maestro appears. He tap, tap taps his baton and, voila, the chaos turns into the most melodic, rhythmic, harmonious, sweet sounding and beautiful music. The appearance of the Maestro changed everything. Every eye and ear of the orchestra was set on their Maestro, and he guided them through a symphony of delight to all who were captured by the richness of their symphony. <\/p>\n

If there were no Maestro, the musicians would continue to be doing their own thing that continued to result in an abundance of NOISE. Isn\u2019t that similar to our world today? So much noise of anger, animosity, dissension and voices of \u201cknow it alls\u201d \u2013 so much criticism of this and that in our world with CHAOS abounding. <\/p>\n

On Ash Wednesday, last week \u2013 the day when many Christians went to church to focus on their MAESTRO and it was also the day when yet another tragic shooting took place in a Florida school. The perpetrator\u2019s maestro was not God but the enemy of his soul. The reaction by the NOISY masses was \u201cWe need gun control. We need more mental illness awareness.\u201d In the meantime, the ONE \u2013 the MAESTRO \u2013 our Creator \u2013 had been terminated from schools. Our MAESTRO was no longer welcomed in prayer or any other acknowledgement of Him. I can\u2019t help but believe if God were still allowed in our schools, it would be very different today.<\/p>\n

My point today is welcoming our MAESTRO to lead again because when He is leading \u2013 a spectacular symphony is heard. And in similar ways, our lives create a beautiful symphony of harmony and melodic music when we depend, rely, and fully follow the direction of our Maestro \u2013 our Master Conductor. There may be chaos, disharmony and disagreement on so many levels around us, but if OUR eyes and OUR ears are fixed on the peace, joy, and harmony that God represents in our lives and when we follow His lead, He will turn the chaos and disharmony of our life into a beautiful symphony of peace. That music will be a sweet, sweet sound in His ears and in the ears of those in our life. I think of the prayer of St. Francis as I type this post, “Lord, make me an “instrument” of your peace!” May peace be the song in our heart, in our mind, and in our mouth as we follow our Maestro’s lead.<\/p>\n

I love you, Lord, and I lift my voice
\nTo worship You, oh my soul, rejoice!
\nTake joy my King in what You hear.
\nLet it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear. <\/p>\n

Psalm 57:7 “My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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