Jesus is the harmony that runs through all creation.

He is the one who unites all our disparate voices, draws in each one from its isolation and helps it to find its own place in the great song.

Without his loving input we are merely discordant noise, each for himself, desperately trying not to end up alone, never truly satisfying the yearning to belong, however confident we appear on the outside.

Without him we can never truly be ourselves, free in the knowledge that our uniqueness is valued by the God who sees what we are and knows what we could be and loves us anyway.

Without him we can be tempted to dampen our life's song, to try to be just like everyone else, to conform to the fears and insecurities of the world.

With him our voices can rise entwined together, individual yet combined, in a song more beautiful than any of us could imagine alone.