Jacob Johnson once said: "Harmony cannot exist without dissidence."
And by "once said," I mean last weekend at his concert, which was wonderful.
But anyways, in Romans 12 it says that we should live in harmony with one another. So....what exactly does that look like?
It looks like people celebrating their differences. Harmony does not exist when every note sounds the same. There must be variation...and when there is - it's a beuatiful thing.
It's time we stopped trying to make everyone fit into our idea of what they should be and stepped back to appreciate the harmony that is created when we all live the way God inteded us to live.
Cause it really is a beautiful thing.
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- I am the chief of sinners. I am saved by grace, and my faith does not make me better than anyone else. I am not your average, bible-thumping, holier-than-thou, American-ized Christian. I try my best to be a radical, unique follower of Jesus Christ who lives in a way that models His love.
Stephanie! I love you! And I love reading all your blogs! I am still trying to figure out how this thing works lol. But you are such a beautiful woman of God, and I love your heart so much. I miss you and am so thankful for your friendship.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have to disagree with you on the premise that music is not a universal language. What is dissonance in one culture or society concurrently reflects a structural consonance as the norm in another. Harmonic, rhythmic, and melodic tensions are dependent on social customs and are not universally accepted.
ReplyDeleteOne way dissonance can be described is the movement away from the tonic (home). If the argument is formulated on harmonic structure, then celebrating differences or dissonances is not a unification of Christian morals and theology, but a schismatic approach to defend a worldview dependent on selfish motivation which is the movement away from home.
I like to approach the exegesis of scripture as adjusting my worldview to fit theology, not adjusting theology to fit my worldview. As soon as one oversteps the boundaries of moral and theological stability and accepts others views universally as equals, one runs the course of a slow demise of harmony within the body of Christ. That is what has happened and is still happening within the Christ's church.
We are a divided group of believers that cling to our version of Truth. Truth can be adjusted to fit a worldview just as a Calvinist and an Armenian use the same scripture to defend their theology. The axiom of universal acceptance is not self-evident, nor is it based in scripture, but a humanist ideology that has crept into Christianity.
Given all that - we are called to love. Love within cultural diversity, not moral diversity. My prayer is that all Christians are unified under one doctrinal faith.