2/22/10

w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l....

I don't know who made this or why, but that really doesn't matter; what is important is that it is a beautiful thing to look at. I wonder what sort of music is played on it; classical, light classical, easy listening or maybe even pop. Somehow rock and roll seems out of the question, but maybe someone would dare to play Jimi Hendrix or Led Zeppelin music on it. I can't help but think about angels when I look at this guitar and wonder how they would use it. Speculation aside, there is a passage in the New Testament which refers to angels celebrating and is worth reading.

Luke 2:8-15 WEB (R)
(8) There were shepherds in the same country staying in the field, and keeping watch by night over their flock.
(9) Behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.
(10) The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
(11) For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
(12) This is the sign to you: you will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth, lying in a feeding trough."
(13) Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God, and saying,
(14) "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men."
(15) It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

Shepherds were not sophisticated city folk, but they were a hardy bunch. (Living outside with the flocks would do that to you I guess) They did have the good sense to be afraid (literally, feared a great fear) and the even greater sense to actually listen. They even wanted to see for themselves. But, I wonder, what did they actually see and hear? I wonder what angel praise sounds like and would it be accompanied? Don't know, I wasn't there, but one thing seems certain to me, it must have been w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l.... Maybe they did have guitars accompanying them and if they did, I could imagine a heavenly rendition of stairway to heaven might have been on the score. Who knows? I will just have to add that to the list of things to do in heaven. It will be right after a few thousand questions I have about the baby in the manger.