Handel composed a number of choral works. One of those, if you recall, is “For unto Us a Child Is Born.”* Put aside your affinity for or rejection of any religion for a moment. Put aside all belief at least while you read this.
In Handel’s work, the “child” is Jesus. Put that aside, also.
Would the music inspire, uplift, or satisfy if Handel had inserted your name in “For unto Us a Child Is Born”? I think so.
You were “born unto us.” The world changed on the day of your appearance. For 13.8 billion years the universe had no you. Then, in a paroxysm of pain, you entered the world with the opportunity to change it, to reduce the pain, to uplift, inspire, and satisfy. You were born unto us. I rejoice in your being here; without you the universe would be a different place and have a different destiny.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS3vpAWW2Zc
In Handel’s work, the “child” is Jesus. Put that aside, also.
Would the music inspire, uplift, or satisfy if Handel had inserted your name in “For unto Us a Child Is Born”? I think so.
You were “born unto us.” The world changed on the day of your appearance. For 13.8 billion years the universe had no you. Then, in a paroxysm of pain, you entered the world with the opportunity to change it, to reduce the pain, to uplift, inspire, and satisfy. You were born unto us. I rejoice in your being here; without you the universe would be a different place and have a different destiny.
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS3vpAWW2Zc
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