Have you ever tried this? – Pressing the ‘mute’ button on your remote while watching your favorite musical concert! Or,
Could you imagine your ears suddenly go ‘muted’ when a classical piece that you love was being played? How would you feel? LvB felt it. But God had other plans…
Ludwig van Beethoven grew up sullen and undignified. Many in the music world ignored him. But he continued to compose and play music, which flowed from his heart and often conventional musicians found it not according to the rules.
He once met his contemporary great, ‘Mr. Music’, Mozart, and played before him. Mozart wasn’t impressed and before he left, Beethoven pleaded with him to give a theme for him to improvise. Mozart gave a tough piece. Beethoven poured his soul into it and Mozart realized the talent and said, “The world will recognize this boy very soon!”
Beethoven eventually was proving to become one of the classic composers of his time. He wrote symphonies which had innovative and capturing movements. But tragedy struck him as ever again, though this time a bit different – he was losing his hearing senses. Sad! - by the time he finished his 5th symphony (9 in all) he was “stone deaf”.
While many of his works were real ‘Master Piece’, to me one stood out, as I heard ‘Joyful Joyful we adore thee’. Beethoven composed this enduring total deafness.
So, I think when God wants to bless something, no matter what state it is in, He will still make it stand out. This only makes us feel what a mighty God we have, and strengthen our faith upon Him.
“He made the Blind to see,
He made the Dumb to speak,
He made the Deaf to Hear,
He also made a Deaf to Compose music for the World to sing of Him!”
by Prasanna Stanley – Chordiels Quartet
