Sunday, March 02, 2008

Life's Fullest Music

How do you live life to the fullest? It is the deep desire, whether they acknowledge it our not, of everyone to live their life to the greatest extent; to live so that they don’t miss out on anything good; to make a difference.

“Don’t die with the music still in you.”
- Oliver W. Holmes

As a musician, this quote really speaks to me; it tells me to get it all out there no matter what. The idea that Holmes was trying to convey is the goal of dying completely empty, with nothing left to give. By far, the greatest reason to live is love. Therefore, who could tell us about living life to the fullest better than Love Himself?

“I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance.”
- Jesus Christ (John 10:10)

Jesus came “not to condemn the world, but to save the world,” and based on that he sets us free from sin to live life to the fullest abundance possible. Having that freedom means we should use it. Expend yourself; be like the Sea of Galilee, not the Dead Sea. The Sea of Galilee receives rain fall, and gives water to the Jordan River, it is both beautiful and clean; in contrast, the Dead Sea is extremely salty and murky because it receives in abundance but gives nothing. Make sure you give life all you have, or you will become stagnant and unfulfilled.