Creativity... I was just reading Sarah's comment from yesterday. I think about what it means for me to feel creative and how it pales in comparison to the Great Creator. Nonetheless, God must love it when His children try to create something to please Him! I was really happy with the arrangement we came up with for "How He Loves" on Sunday. I love the feeling you have when you take something old and make it new (just as God does I am sure). That's part of the reason I love doing old hymns so much. There's also a freedom in being creative. God gave us such an amazing gift in music. It has the power to bring you to the highest emotional mountains and at other times allows you to experience the valley. Thanks for that bit about Ian, Sarah. I love feeling "artistic" and its when we get to sit down and truly utilize the talents and blessings God has given us that comes to fruition. I am truly excited for what God has for our team... in practical matters, i.e. "x's and o's" but also spiritually.
I often have the strangest songs come to recollection... I wish that I could recall Scripture like I can music. Someone has to put the Bible into a song format. Anyways... when I was younger my parents listened to tons of rotten Christian music as you all well know. Looking back, even though the musical quality was lackluster at best, the songs were true and sound. As I got up this morning an old song by Steve Green just started playing in my head called "Refiner's Fire."
"The Refiner's fire has now become my soul's desire,
purged and cleansed and purified
that the Lord be glorified.
He is consuming my soul, refining me, making me whole,
no matter what I may lose, I choose the refiner's fire."
Usually when a song like this plays in my head I try to switch the station but the words rang true for what it is here that we are trying to accomplish and I thought it was more than fitting.
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