I Take Off the Mask

“Music cleanses the understanding; inspires it, and lifts it into a realm which it would not reach if it were left to itself.” — Henry Ward Beecher Today, I’d like to share with you my special interest in a certain type of music. While I enjoy other types of music such as Pop, Rock and Country music, I can’t help but be inspired also with Classical and Opera music. I am no expert in this, and I may not have even defined the types of music properly. But I have felt it in my heart and soul. “I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.” — Igor Stravinsky I really loved some of the songs I heard from Suzan Erens. I particularly loved her performances with André Rieu (violinist, conductor and founder of the Johann Strauss Orchestra). When I listen to their performances, it’s as though I’m suddenly being transported into another time and place, a place closer to heaven. Haven’t we all had those days when we’re just so stressed we don’t know how we could relax a little...

It is God who pursues us who uplifts us and protects us and provides for everything we need It is God who loved us first who showers us with every good thing we do not even know All that is required of us is the faith to believe that He is there that He is our Greatest Lover the Source of all that’s wonderful there is in our lives It is our part to be able to receive such a love to rejoice because we have been called because we have been found because we learn that despite the mundaneness of what we see we are special we are cherished we are in truth God’s beloved ones.