My Music Composition - Rest for the Weary (Matthew 11:28-30)

Music Title : Rest for the Weary (Matthew 11:28-30)
Date of Composition : 4 July 2008
Location : Home
Time taken to complete : 10 mins or 1 year?
Language : English

Link to music : http://www.box.net/shared/ljh7dnx3kc
Link to voice : http://www.box.net/shared/e4qpmy3cw8

Lyrics (In the words of my Lord Jesus):

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you
and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for your souls,
for my yoke is easy and light.
And you will find rest for your souls,
for my burden is easy and light.

My comments about this song:
This piece consists of a piano duet. As you listen, you can think of it as a dialogue. The louder, repetitive, continuous string of music is "my voice." The softer tone that comes in the 2nd repeat of the tune is "Jesus' voice".

Both parts of the music were composed at night. "My voice" was composed last year and was an expression of feelings to God after a very "frustrating and uncontrollable experience". For a while, every time similar experiences come to me, I will play this tune and it always makes me feel better. I cannot put words to the tune and neither am I aware what I was trying to express through this tune. Was I complaining, grumbling, angry?

Last Friday (4 Jul), as I struggled with sleep and a tightened chest problem, this tune came to my mind again, and the tune to "Jesus' voice" came too. Out of the blue, my mind also flashed by the verses from Matthew 11:28 to 30. To my amazement, even the bible verses fit the tune to "Jesus' voice". I thought in my mind,"Surely, this must be Jesus' dialogue with me!"

Although I have never experienced God's healing power when I feel I most needed it, I feel that through the Christian songs I have written by the power of God, I am building ammunition to withhstand the flaming arrows of the evil one. I feel encouraged through this song that although my voice of frustration in difficult times are loud and rumbling, Jesus is always there in His small, still voice talking to me. In the process of this song composition, it took me about a year to hear his small, still voice. What about you? Have you heard his voice?