Weekends

I had a great day today! Rehearsal went very good and we accomplished so much. I took my guitar case over to the store where I purchased it over a year ago, and they replaced mine with a new one. Probably because I am a superstar. No, it was a GATOR case that has a lifetime warranty and the store said Gator would probably just send them a replacement. I was appreciative and played some more Martin D28's as if I was interested in buying one. NOT. I finally set up my Apple MacBook Pro laptop, keyboard, and accessories on the dining table and it feels good to be somewhat productive again. Dinner was at Little Mexico II with pastor and his wife. We had a great time together and now I am back at the motorhome watching one of the two channels on the television. CBS isn't my favorite channel to watch, but the other available channel is Trinity Broadcast Network. I think I'll just rest up for tomorrow's services. I hope everyone has a terrific weekend!

My prayer was answered! After adjusting the antenna, I now can pick up a fuzzy (and weird shade of green) NBC, which means I can watch the olympics! It is killing my eyes to watch it but I want to show my patriotism. Seriously, I took my guitar over to the sanctuary earlier and had a wonderful time of worship... all alone, no one around except me and my Lord Jesus. He has been my Savior for quite some time now, but I'm trying to make him Lord of my life. I'm finding out there is a big difference. Time just flew by during my solo concert for "One". I remember 20 years ago, long before we had children, I used to spend Saturday nights along at the church and work on music and just prepare my mind and heart for the next day's services. It is a wonderful feeling.

I talked with Kim earlier and found out Spencer is playing his "Nashville" harmonica non-stop. Tate wants to share in the playing time as well. I can only imagine how much food particles must be lodged in the far corners of that harmonica! They've played the drums all summer long in the back of my head, on the back of my seat while I'm driving. Somehow, I miss that tonight. It is so quiet here. I hope to get quite a lot of work done this upcoming week. There are some loose ends I need to take care of on a few projects.

I also spoke with a pastor friend of mine from Nashville. I am so glad he called me. We had another one of those conversations about real passion for worship, real purpose in worship, and the real presence of worship. I became so excited about worship during the conversation, I knew I had to head over to the sanctuary after the conversation. (discussed earlier) I admire pastors who desire to think out-of-the-box, with unscripted corporate worship services. If we aren't careful, we will become just like every other church up and down the street... more show and less power. People's lives are at stake. I never want to become so big (in the way) that my agenda is more important that God's plan for a worship service. It's all about Him. I can't wait for tomorrow!