Duet

Have you ever carried tunes around in the pocket of your heart, waiting for a moment to let them escape and bless your day? Is it possible that songs released into the atmosphere lighten the air, release energy, and liberate an anxious soul?

Songs must be sung just as stories must be read

whether or not we sing or read well, don't you think?

I was used to sing solos for church. My knees would be knocking and my heart would pound like a bass drum (it was not the drummer you heard after all!). I always felt like I was wearing my grandma's girdle, only two sizes too small for me, as I was trying to bellow out sound through constricted passageways. I would keep asking myself in my head, while the words to the song were coming out of my mouth, "why,oh why did I ever commit to doing this?". It never sounded exactly like I wanted it to.

Then there were duets. Someone would get brave enough to join me in song, at the altar, in front of people. It was so much safer to be with someone else. My voice felt stronger, harmony brought anointing, confidence, and fun to the performance. If one of us would mess up during performance, it would be so beautifully covered by the other's beautiful arias (thanks partner).

Life is also better in duet for me. I love people and enjoy the harmony of our lives being entwined. Beautiful! I feel stronger, more confident, secure when someone risks taking on this life performance with me. It is all easier somehow and so much more fun!

"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls. For he has no one to help him up." Ecclesiastes 4:9-10