Talent

I really like watching talent shows. Here lately I’ve been watching “So You Think You Can Dance” and “America’s Got Talent”. They are such entertaining shows. The singing and dancing makes me want to get on my feet and clap out loud. I really love the energy, laughter and joy of the performances.


How is it that music and dance makes us feel such peace and energy at the same time? It seems our bodies are geared for the opportunity to tune into something that is tangible, but intangible all at the same time. Our bodies feel the music, but we can’t see the music. We can hear the notes, see the notes on a page, but there is something more to the notes than what we hear with our ears or see on the page.

It is the same with other forms of talent. There is always something more to it than what is on the surface. I think that is why we are drawn to it. It is not about the moment of entertainment, but the moment of finding ourselves in the entertainment. Isn’t it at a movie or a concert that we can feel that we are part of the action? I know even when I watch things I don’t like to watch like a thriller movie, the reason I don’t like to watch it is that I’m drawn into something I don’t want to experience. I can’t detach from it totally.

It’s the same with what we do want to experience. We can’t pull away from it entirely, because we want to be drawn into the moment. We want to feel the pull of the music in our hearts, we want to feel the emotion of the romantic comedy on our minds, we want to feel the message of scripture, and the list goes on and on.

We all know at our deepest level that all of our senses are needed to experience life and hope at the finest level. So mostly we don’t fight it, we just allow ourselves to live in the moment of a song, to live in the moment of a movie, or to live in the moment of conversation with the Lord.

Isn’t that conversation with the Lord, or prayer, what really makes it all make sense? Isn’t everything a prayer? Our conversations with each other, our thoughts about life, our gifts to others through our service as mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers, our education, our work, our commitments and our love for each other. All of these things are prayers and a great thank you to the Lord. He loves us so very much. He made everything that we do an opportunity for pray. Lord, I pray that I never stop realizing the gifts of my life and that I continue to open my heart to your love.

I know that if I continue to watch the talents of others, including watching “So You Think You Can Dance, and “America’s Got Talent”, that I will through prayer begin to realize all of the talents that the Lord has given me to share with this world.

Peace to all of you,

Eileen