Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Render service with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not to men and women,
knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same again from the Lord, whether we
are slaves or free.
May our excitement for Jesus make a difference in our world.
(Ephesians 6.7
NRSV)
Maurice Boyd tells about a book called THE ENTHUSIASMS OF ROBERTSON DAVIES. Davies'
enthusiasms described in the book range all the way from Mozart to figgy-pudding. "Do you
have any enthusiasms?" Boyd asks. He tells about Eugene Ormandy who dislocated his
shoulder while conducting the Philadelphia orchestra. Boyd speculates that Ormandy may have
been conducting Brahms. In the margin of one of his symphonies Brahms wrote, "As loud as
possible!" Only a few bars later, however, he wrote in, "Louder still!" Boyd concludes, "I know
some people who have reached middle-age and have never had an enthusiasm great enough to
dislodge a necktie let alone their shoulder."
Dear God, may my enthusiasm for your Son make a difference in the fulfilling the needs of this
world. Amen.
