This is a mighty odd cello type instrument. You can see the violin playing Hungarian fiddle style, accompanied by the gardon, a log trough carved out in the rough shape of a cello and used as a percussion instrument youtube here.
You would think something carved out of a log would be deep and producing a thud. But it's sonorous and resonant instead. It provides a solid full sound underpinning the fiddle being played for dancing. This thought has an application in a lived spirituality. After listening to Sally Morgenthaler Friday, Mike Bechtle, who I've been reading, make even more sense today.
... no matter what personality type. If our lives are genuinely being transformed through Christ's power, others will notice ... they'll watch our reactions to the tough situations we face and will see how we handle the positive situations as well. If what we say is different from what they observe, they'll always believe what they observe. ... Being a Biblical witness involves exactly that-- being. [i.e. being spiritually transformed].At the moment I continue to wish that transformation were faster in my life. That my struggles were less, but at least I'm still struggling which proves that I'm still alive. I haven't quit wanting to live. I used to say a lot last year that it is easier to change the direction of a rolling rock when it is moving than to get it started. Movement is the indicator that we want life or that there is a chance for life.
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. 2 Cor 3:17-18
