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Lord God,
I do not play a musical instrument.
I am Your musical instrument.

I do not create and play music.
I reproduce the sounds created and played by You.

You are the Ultimate, Consummate,
Perfect, Divine Musician.

Lord God,
Always play Your instrument to
its fullest potential.

Open the minds and hearts of listeners,
that they may come to appreciate the wonder
and beauty of Your Talent as the Ultimate, Consummate, Perfect, Divine Artist

Through me - Your instrument.

Lord God,
May all who hear my music, hear You.
May I always remember that anything I call mine, was Yours first and given to me by You.
Amen.

Mark Christopher brandt ©3/19/1993

My Favorite Quotes

When I sit at the piano alone,
and I close my eyes and I open my heart,
I find the entrance to eternity.

I am not capable of entering,
for the body my soul dwells in holds me
bound to this earth.

I can however, sit at the entrance and pine,
as I gaze into the beauty that
I long to one day disappear into.

...and the music I am hearing from beyond pours out through my hands and into the piano.

...and it fills the air with my tears of joy, my tears of longing, and the intermingled reassuring whispers of those who have gone before me...

“Don’t give up. Do not be afraid.
Persevere in love and hope.”

This life is short, and yet this life seems so long because I know that there is a love beyond the veil which is far greater, and more profoundly real than any love to be found this side of forever.

Mark Christopher Brandt ©2012

My Mind and Heart