Harmony in the Chaos

In the balancing act that is life, I need solid ground. I want a foundation for my family that certain things just are and do not change. There's enough to venture into in the world. Every day brings a little adventre if you have children!
I have to say, as boring as it might seem to some, it is amazing the strength I gain from singing at church. It is work, it is exhausting because I give it everything inside me, but it by far one of the most rewarding things I do.
Music is a universal language. Every country follows ONE language to read it, has agreed that sharps, flats, and timing signatures all mean the same thing no matter where you are.
I need that in the midst of unpacking, scouting, parenting, being married, the affairs of my father, the ache of my mother being here no more - something I can see and hear needs to stay the same. Music does. As much as genres come and go the way it's created and written and sung truly does not differ much. There's still a melody line, and "A" is always an "A" and C7 means the same thing whether it's Country or Contemporary Christian.
Yes, yes, to those super Christians out there, God is always with me. As a good friend put it several years ago, sometimes you need Jesus with skin on. I'm never more grateful for my heavenly Father than in music or song. It's one of the most powerful mediums on earth for lots of directions, really. I believe I love it so much because it has a similarity to God that there are certain things about music that never change, but you're finding out new tunes and harmonies all the time.
I find freedom in those boundaries, that as long as I pay attention, this Melody can find Harmony in the craziness I call life!