Last night we had a live and local performance by Kurt Bestor at our stake center. His daughter is one of my Institute students and I have been asking her for about a year if we could ever get her dad to come and do a concert for us. Since I had a lot to do with this event happening they asked me to conduct the meeting which was a great honor. Brother Bestor is a gifted man indeed. It did my heart good to sit for an hour and listen to his music. I think our spirits need "down time" like this once in a while. I would close my eyes and envision the pictures that his music creates, from a woman bearing a torch to herald the birth of Christ to the majesty and soft magic of the sun gradually cresting the horizon. I found myself feeling a quiet joy as I listened which was only heightened as I looked around and saw many members of the audience having the same experience. It was a great evening and has re-confirmed the commitment that Laura and I have to make to the gift of music a priority in the rearing of our children. I think that there must be something pre-mortal about music that makes it resonate deeply in our spirits.
1 O COME, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the crock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
(Old Testament | Psalms 95:1 - 3)
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