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“I can’t do it, Grandma! No matter how much I practice I can’t get it right. I keep playing the wrong notes.” Both of my grandchildren have said this to me at various times while struggling to learn a new piano piece. At times, they want to give up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To help them, I teach them different methods of practice. “Practice each hand separately,” I tell them. “Break down the music by phrase or measure.” “You have to identify each mistake, correct it, and play it over and over again correctly before adding it back into the piece.” They must learn that unless they break down the piece, working on it note by note, if necessary, their playing won\u2019t improve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
After perfecting a piece, they\u2019ll still make mistakes. This frustrates them, but they have to learn to continue on, even when they’ve made a mistake. It\u2019s an equally important lesson for them to learn as they begin to share their music with others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like Music, Life Requires Practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
All too often we must learn the same lessons as we walk the Christian life. Living as a Christian takes a lot of practice too. We continually have to break down our lives to the foundation\u2014Jesus Christ. Without Him as our foundation the music of our lives will just be a bunch of noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are the piano pieces, the masterpieces, of God. The wrong notes of sin will be played no matter how hard we practice, but they\u2019ll be fewer and farther between. When we sin, we have the privilege of asking God for His forgiveness, correcting our mistakes, forgiving ourselves, and getting back to practicing the Christian life. The dissonance of our sin will not destroy the overall melody unless we give up and let it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our lives play the melody of the Master, however imperfectly. Will the music we play tell His story, bringing others to Him, or will we give into playing wrong notes and make people cover their ears, preventing them from hearing the beautiful melody of the Lord? If we say it\u2019s too hard and give up, God\u2019s song will be obscured by all of our mistakes. We need to keep on trying, making the corrections along the way. Practice doesn\u2019t \u201cmake perfect.\u201d Practice makes better. It\u2019s the lesson we need to learn as we strive to play the song of the Lord. He doesn\u2019t expect perfect, He just expects better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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