Last week I was attending a mission farewell meeting for my sweet nephew Jack--and therefore didn't attend Choir. I was glad to be back this week though and the line-up for Music & the Spoken Word today was quite a good one.
If you're a fairly avid fan of the Choir, you have heard by now Rick Elliott's arrangement of "Let Us All Press On". (HERE) It's by far the best arrangement of this hymn that I've ever heard and pushes all the right buttons. And it was a song I just needed to be able to sing today. Things have been hard lately, personally, and sometimes I feel like my spiritual "well" needs a good filling up! The lyric that spoke to me today from that song was "In the days of trial His Saints He will cheer". I've been learning lately that even though each of us might be in the thick of hard things, there are always good/positive moments to hold onto and that bring what might equate to "cheer". It's like God is saying, "I want to cheer you up as you're going through these hard things, so here's a good moment to hold onto, even if that moment is brief. It's a testament that I love you." As I thought about all of that, I couldn't quite hold back the tears during the rehearsal and the performance.
I asked Wes, who was singing next to me, what his favorite lyric from that song is, and he said "An unseen power will aid me and you." I think that fits in nicely with mine. We can't see God or Christ or the Holy Ghost. But they are there. And are often aiding us by giving us these small moments of grace to cheer us up.
I hope that as you go through your week this week, you'll be able to spot those moments of grace that are designed to keep you feeling God's love as you work through the hard.
In other news, the various section leaders got released this past week and new ones put in their place. What does a section leader do, you ask? Well, they make sure attendance is reported properly and are go-to people for questions/concerns/problems that the members of their section might have and need to share. Anyway, the Bass 2 sections leaders are now my good friends Ben and Siope. And with Siope now having a new calling, I'll need to offer some suggestions to the librarians as to who they can call to help me now in the library. Watch out basses......you might be tagged!
I think that's about it. Other quick tidbits: rehearsals for ELIJAH continue, though I can't say I'm any more excited to perform it than I was just a week ago. Several choir members feel the same way though there are those who really love it. On the Mexico tour front, we were told in Friday's newsletter that the choir leaders hope to have a final list of those who will be invited to participate, by end of month.
And that, is a wrap.
Until next time, God be with you.
No comments:
Post a Comment