our own part to play

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Deep thoughts in the morning: Madison and her friend Kasey are trying out for the spring musical today - it's "Meet Me In St. Louis" They are tring out for different parts but wanted to sing the same song "On my own" from Les Miserables. We were working on the song together, and both girls were trying to nicely get the other one to sing something else so they wouldn't sing the same song back to back. Honestly - for Madison the song was too low - not in her range, and it was too "big" a song for Kasey. We looked some more in the Broadway book and the girls were getting discouraged. Casey is almost six feet, spunky and athletic with strawberry blonde hair - she tried "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady, and had the cockney accent perfectly. The song was fast, and her voice fit perfectly into the style and range. Once she started singing it, she felt like it was her "fit". It a string of tryouts that might be very similiar, Kasey is going to make someone smile, look up, pause, and think about her. She is trying out for the Irish Maid, so that song will fit her also. Madison has never tried out for a musical, so she will be happy to be a "trolley person", but has been singing the songs from "Phantom" for a long time. She sounded beautiful of "Wishing you were Somehow Here Again." It turned out all the worry over singing the same song worked itself out because both girls chose the songs that were right for them, their personalities, and their voices.
This kind of coordinates with thoughts I've been having about Heavenly Father, and the Gospel, and how their is room for everyone - how God must love all the different personality types - different as they are, and how everyone has a part to play in His grand plan. I also watched "Lady in the Water" the other night and it was a lot deeper than I expected. If you haven't seen it, it's a good one! I loved how everyone in this appartment complex was drawn to live there in this grand plan to help a sea nymph return to her people. One was the healer, one the guardian, the intepreter, the guild, and that each had a different part to play in the grand design. They didn't realize what their part was until the moment came/the crisis came, and they were all asked to play their part and discover what it was that they were supposed to do. It might sound strange if you haven't seen the movie, but it added to these things I've been thinking about! Realizing our parts - sometimes the answer is right under our noses - sometimes it takes some searching!
Have a wonderful day!