Coach's Original Musiquarium, Day 2
I love music. Unfortunately, I have no musical ability. I consider musical notes to be like the speed limit, someone’s suggestion. However, I have a deep appreciation for songs that unite meaningful lyrics with heart touching melodies to create a form of communication that can convey an emotional statement and circumstance in a way that can be communicated in no other way.
In the Broadway musical RENT, the second act opens with the song “Seasons of Love.” It asks the musical question, “How do you measure a year?”
In Daylights - In Sunsets - In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles - In Laughter - In Strife
In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure A Year In The Life?
How About Love?
In the play, the characters fall in and out of love, celebrate life and mourn death over the course of a single year.
What do you plan to do with the next 525,600 minutes of your life? Did you use the last 525,600 minutes anywhere near the way you thought you would a year ago?
For many of the people we will be talking to today, they are not doing what they thought they would just 25,920 minutes (3 days) ago. They also are not sure what the next 25,920 minutes have in store for them.
Both the Bible and the Quo’ran tell the tale of when an angel told Zechariah that his wife, who was of an advanced age and thought to be barren, was to give birth to a son who would be named John. At that moment, Zechariah had his next 525,600 minutes thrown into turmoil. But he celebrated the birth of the baby John, and he said, as it is written in the Luke’s Gospel:
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:78-79)
As we encounter people who are unsure how to measure the next few hours of their lives, we should approach them with love, from ourselves and from above, showing them there is a light for those in darkness and near the shadow of death.
Seasons of Love from the 10th Anniversary Concert of RENT, featuring the original Broadway cast
In the Broadway musical RENT, the second act opens with the song “Seasons of Love.” It asks the musical question, “How do you measure a year?”
In Daylights - In Sunsets - In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles - In Laughter - In Strife
In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure A Year In The Life?
How About Love?
In the play, the characters fall in and out of love, celebrate life and mourn death over the course of a single year.
What do you plan to do with the next 525,600 minutes of your life? Did you use the last 525,600 minutes anywhere near the way you thought you would a year ago?
For many of the people we will be talking to today, they are not doing what they thought they would just 25,920 minutes (3 days) ago. They also are not sure what the next 25,920 minutes have in store for them.
Both the Bible and the Quo’ran tell the tale of when an angel told Zechariah that his wife, who was of an advanced age and thought to be barren, was to give birth to a son who would be named John. At that moment, Zechariah had his next 525,600 minutes thrown into turmoil. But he celebrated the birth of the baby John, and he said, as it is written in the Luke’s Gospel:
By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:78-79)
As we encounter people who are unsure how to measure the next few hours of their lives, we should approach them with love, from ourselves and from above, showing them there is a light for those in darkness and near the shadow of death.
Seasons of Love from the 10th Anniversary Concert of RENT, featuring the original Broadway cast
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