10/1 - Nakachanbetsu Agricultural Day Eve Festival
10/2 - Shibecha JH Cultural festival
10/3-7 - Work
10/8-11 - Tokyo to visit friends & family! Much needed break.
10/12-14 - Work
10/15 - REST DAY
10/16 - Nakachanbetsu ES & JH Cultural festival
10/17-21 - Work
10/22 - Numahoro ES Cultural festival
10/23 - Shibecha ES Cultural festival
10/24 - REST DAY
While I should have work tomorrow (10/23), the forecast says "heavy rain" and the festival is outside. I don't know where it will be if it's not outside, and I'm not going to wander around in the rain to find out. So tomorrow, I will rest.
I went to work at 7:15 this morning and got home around 2. I was exhausted. My eyes burned. I couldn't take a nap. I forced myself to stay awake and study. I had a concert to go to at 6:30. I didn't know what kind of concert it was, but after working 7 straight days (5 of those being 10+ hours) the last thing I wanted to do was go to a concert. I didn't even know what kind of concert it was. All I knew was that my entire office was going to be there. So I dragged myself down the street to the training center for the concert.
Classical music. I wasn't super thrilled when I walked in and saw lots of tuxedos and looked at the program to find all classical music. But when the conductor got up there and started frantically but gracefully waving his arms and the orchestra began to play, I perked up. I forgot how absolutely beautiful and amazing an orchestra sounds. I've been listening to elementary school kids play classical music on their recorders and pianicas and I was so not ready to be hit in the face with an orchestra playing Beethoven.
I forgot how much I enjoy listening to the orchestra. I'm not particularly a fan of classical music and I sure can't tell you much about it. I went to a fair share of orchestra concerts at SC to watch friends perform. It's amazing to watch so many people play so many different instruments and different notes and it still comes out beautifully. It boggles my mind. Recorders and pianicas don't do much for me, but the sound of an orchestra is engulfing. It fills the room; you can feel it. It's powerful and moving. For not being excited to go to a concert, and being less excited once I found out it was classical music, I was extremely blessed to end my hectic work week with a beautiful concert.
In honor of the SC game tomorrow, please enjoy this orchestral masterpiece.
I think God is like this crazy conductor. We're all just part of the orchestra. We play our part, our instrument, and together it creates something beautiful. I always think about the poor cymbals guy who only is heard once during a piece. But his part is no less important than the 1st chair violin soloist or the timpani guy. Yeah, the violin soloist might get more recognition and have a better seat, but the piece isn't complete with out the big clang of the cymbal. Our part no matter how big or small are all a piece of something bigger, something more beautiful than we could imagine. Because you might sound pretty good by yourself, but it's epic when God is conducting and guiding and leading us all together, all in tune to create something unique and beautiful.
Oh sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.
The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!
With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!
Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together
before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 98
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