I sat with others taking it all in. I had no clue what half of the words and phrases mean which is why I had a friend taking notes. I listened, copied and watched. An expert in their field explained, showed, answered questions and the questions were many. Why? People had driven from all over just to sit and listen for a moment in time. To learn, to apply and to leave with a different perspective, a different angle and the chance to be better. It wasn’t just the learning about mandolins and fiddles and Ukelele’s, but in the midst of the explanations comes with it simple statements about life that apply far beyond music.
That must have been the basic idea of Jesus sitting and teaching. Though he was teaching fishermen to fish for things they couldn’t snag in a net, it compares with trying to take a violist and put them on a Ukelele. Not that they can’t learn but they have to change their approach and mindset. The disciples had to go from nets and fish to people and circumstances. It took awhile but they did figure it out. I thought of that when I kept trying to figure out an E major chord when my fingers didn’t want to bend the way the chart showed. The guy beside me was effortlessly playing. The lady on my right had given up. I knew it would be a matter of time but if I stuck with it, I could make it work. It’s that moment in time when the teacher and the student click, and the mind goes “ahh” and the tune sounds right. I wonder when that was for Jesus; when did he realize they finally got it?
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