Church was pretty awesome on Sunday. I lead worship in place of Chris, and just had a marvelous time in the presence of the Lord. I love when I get so caught up in worshiping that I kind of forget about the “leading” part. I just wanted to jump off the stage, it was just so good, and Holy Spirit was there and I could tell by watching the congregation that we were united in our worship of the Father. It was very sweet :_)
I’ve been thinking lately about how I’m a “worship leader” now. Dwight actually brought this to my attention recently. He asked me how it felt to be a worship leader, and honestly, my first reaction was that I didn’t want to be called that :_) I’m just unsure of the title I guess, and ultimately, I just want to be a worship leader. I feel like I have the skills to be a worship leader, I can sing, and play guitar ok :_) But I’ve never pursued worship leading as my “calling”. I love to worship, but I have never really seen myself leading worship full time for a church, or in front of huge crowds at conferences, or teaching seminars on worship, or writing a book about it… No, I really just want to be a worshiper :_)
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This past weekend was full of some huge news, which wasn’t incredibly exciting actually. Our beloved friend Chris has been fighting cancer since August, and after having a unexpected seizure last week, he and Martha found out that the cancer has moved to his brain. What a shock to all of us who have been praying and hoping that he would be healed!
Things were starting to look up again too. Chris had just released the new worship schedule, and he was planning to lead twice this month, now that his voice has returned. So, in the midst of this crisis I am faced with leading worship more (which I actually love :_), although it can turn into that “one more thing on my plate” deal) and also plowing through our work deadline, which I was hoping to have some of Chris’ help with.
So what do I do!? Where do I begin? There are so many thoughts that could overwhelm me right now.
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Before I explain, let me just say, 2 posts in 2 days! Oh my goodness! What is with this! :_) (I’m surprising myself!)
I’m a fairly active dreamer. It is rare that I go a few nights without having at least one dream during the night. Often times they run together or disappear from my mind before I can write them down, but sometimes they stick with me.
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