Just a thought by coppi

Unclogging The Shofar….

“The most uniquely Biblical musical instrument was the shofar, the Hebrew trumpet from a ram’s horn.  The word shofar comes from a word that means clear.  To make a sound you have to be clear.  You can’t blow through something that’s all clogged up.  You’re called to be the Lord’s shofar-a vessel of God, an instrument for His purposes…..in order for God’s Spirit to blow through you have to be clear, you have to be free of obstructions & clogged up stuff like bitterness, un-forgiveness, pride, lust, anger or anything that’s going to stop the blowing….”Jonathan Cahn

Anytime I read about a shofar, I think of Standish, my deceased husband.  He loved the sound of the shofar.  Our dear friends, Ralph & Diana Stinson, so graciously gifted him with one.  Standish was an Episcopalian & blowing the shofar in the church we attended was not acceptable.  However, when we visited the Messianic Jewish Synagogue or the Light House Gospel Ministries, out came the shofar.  It takes a lot of breath to blow a shofar & Standish would give it his best…..many times another “shofar blower” would come stand by Standish (he was much younger than Standish) & together they made beautiful music for the Lord.  I remember at Standish funeral in the  Episcopalian Church, his “shofar buddies” stood in the back of the church & blew the shofar…..The Episcopalian church had not planned for shofars to be blown, but I am sure Standish planned it, as he wanted all to know part of the music in heaven is the clear trumpet sound of ram’s horn, the shofar.