Play Your Harmonica
I recently attended a week-long Theology of the Body course , where I was able to retreat and be renewed, as well as learn a ton about the Church’s teachings on what it means to be male and female, and the truths of our sexuality. I am still unpacking so much truth from this week, but one immediate, relevant thing that stuck out to me was when the speaker said to us, “Play your Harmonica.” He had just finished telling a story about a gifted musician who had stopped playing the piano because she felt that she needed to sacrifice it to God because she loved it so much. He pointed out that that could come from a warped view of who God created us to be. If we are depraved, then everything we love needs to be given to Him and sacrificed. But if we are good, then all of our desires need to be offered to Him and purified still, but recognizing all the while that our desires themselves were given to us by God. The speaker also referenced a movie where the main character was encouraging someo