One Thing...

Ever since Discover Point has started I have come to one realization time and time again. It never fails! I always say something along the lines of "I'm never doing this again!" only to do it a few more times in a year! For some reason, this has become the "thorn in my flesh." This one very hard lesson that I am supposed to learn but only to not learn is...I REALLY STINK AT PLAYING POKER! Now that you have fallen out of your chair and picked yourself back up and sit back down I would like to say that I did not throw any money away....well, at least this last time! I know....I'm a sinner but I'm still saved by grace and have been forgiven. I'll put it to you this way, I have not bet money on myself for the past 3 years and before that I never did. Anyway, the long and the short of it is that Hannah and I had a blast with our "Play Group" last night playing poker and walking out debt free with everybody else! Love you guys!

Sunday

I had the incredible opportunity of doing something that I've not had the chance to do in a REALLY REALLY LONG TIME on Sunday. (Drum roll please...) I got to sit out in the audience. It was such a great time because I feel like I didn't have to worry about at what point the band was at in a song or be distracted by the things that potentially distract one that is a lead worshiper. Another thing that I noticed is that while we were practicing for this upcoming Sunday the songs seemed to be easier and then I really felt like we were all able to relax a little and worship while practicing. My prayer for this week is that we (as a band) all can relax and enjoy the songs as we prepare for this week. In case you are wondering.....here is the setlist:

Hands of the Healer---Eddie Kirkland
Remain---Starfield
From The Inside Out---Hillsong United
Beautiful The Blood---Steve Fee
Scenes---Charlie Hall

See you guys Sunday!

Frustrated

The only other thing in life that we are guaranteed other than death is frustration. We can all see this in babies all the way up until we reach the "golden ages." I think the one thing I get more frustrated about is being patient. I've seen that so much over the past 2 days. Our air conditioning unit is not functioning properly and the guy that is supposed to come fix it has done a HORRIBLE job about communicating when he will be here. I'm trying to figure out what I'm supposed to learn from this but all I could come up with was that I need to lose weight so I'm sweating it off! Other than that things are going pretty good! Have a great, cool day!

WHEW!!!!!!!!!

Man I can't believe all that's happened since my last post! Just to give you an update, Hannah and I bought a house, moved in our house, decorated our house, Hannah got a job, Hannah likes her job but not the drive, church is going great(God is doing AMAZING things), I watched some friends enjoy some great times, and I watched some friends wade through some of the deepest hurt people can experience on the face of this earth! The last thing I meantioned was incredibly hard and if you don't have any clue as to what I'm talking about here goes...David and Lisa (my worship pastor and wife) lost their unborn son Noah last Tuesday. David and Lisa are so close to me that they feel like family and I wouldn't consider them anything but. All the while, God is so good! He has remained so faithful and He is doing incredible things through this! David and Lisa, we love you guys so much. Our hearts break for you and hurt for you and we are most definately here for you!

Getting ready...

Hannah and I are in the very frustrating stage of buying a house. Not the beginning where you have to show your life history or the middle where you have to wait but at the end, where everything is ready to go and one stupid little piece of paper holds closing up and we still don't have a house! God showed this to me more than anything this week. We can prepare and be as ready as we have ever been but life happens. As long as humans are not perfect stuff will come up and things won't always go our way. Our character is showed and developed even more by how we act when something doesn't go our way. I've totally shown that I am nothing more than a little child because I've acted like an idiot more than anything, BUT, God knows what He is doing and I can't wait until Monday to see what He does! Hope you guys have an INCREDIBLE week!

Monday evening "running backing"

David always says "Monday Morning Quarterbacking" so I'm going to use the "running back" mode in the evening so here we go. I've come to a place in worship where I feel like I can go one of several ways while leading. There's always the "get totally lost" in worship in which one totally connects and has a "life (or Sunday) experience" while leading and doesn't concentrate on anyone who is following the "lead worshipper." Then there's the "I'm sort of getting lost but not totally because I forgot the words to the song and have to force myself to look back at the screen to figure out what comes next." Thirdly, there is the "something else is going on in my life and I just really don't want to be here leading because I feel like I'm more of a distraction instead of a leader." Fourth of all, "I feel like God is doing something here so lets just show up and see what happens." Finally, "everything that is going on during the week will show up on Sunday morning so if I give all of my best during the week Sunday will be AWESOME!" I can tell you that I feel like all of these were and have been me. I so badly want to be the first and the last of all of these all the time but I fall so short and wind up being like the 3rd on sometimes. Just a little insight into a lead worshippers mind.

Over and out good buddy!

I remember watching "Smokey and the Bandit" when I was younger on a saturday afternoon and always wondering "Why in the world and HOW would you be able to drive around in a T-top Firebird and wear a FREAKISHLY HUGE cowboy hat?" It must be an act of God! That's kind of how I am feeling at the moment. I've got so SO much in my life to be thankful for and it only comes from God. I've definately done nothing to deserve it but God is so gracious and giving. David should be happy and I am definitely stoked about this next piece of information. Todd Fields (One of North Point's lead worshippers) is releasing his 4th album next week. You guys should definitely go to ITUNES and buy it when it is released! Have a great week!