I started leading worship at our church about 2 years ago and have done so about once a month since then. However, I haven't led since a month or so before the baby arrived and I'm scheduled to return to it next week (Feb. 20th). I love doing it, but I'm a little nervous about it this time for a couple of different reasons. One is that I am of course feeling a little rusty and just hoping my voice and hands will cooperate. However,I think the biggest reason I'm a little nervous is that I'm not sure how it's going to work logistics wise. We always practice from 9am until shortly before service starts at 10:30. However, since I'm still breastfeeding, I'll have to stop practice by 10 in order to make sure she's going to last through worship. Our worship is not like most church's where you sing a couple of choruses and that's it. We usually press into God's presence for the better part of an hour, stopping only when we feel the Holy Spirit is done with what he's doing at the moment. This can make for some incredible times with God and is always awesome, but I haven't been in the service for the entire worship segment since the baby was born due to her feeding schedule. Therefore, I'm anxious to see how this will work out.
That being said, I am really excited to get back into the swing of leading worship again. This will be the first time I've led since our former youth pastor has been gone. She was my second vocalist and I'm going to miss having her sing with me so much. She is following God's plan for her life and I am so proud of her, but I miss her a lot! I have asked a teenager with an incredible voice to join me, so she will be singing with me for the first time and I'm excited to see how that goes. She is a really sweet girl and I'm looking forward to getting to know her more as well.
I'm also looking forward to trying a new song (at least it's new to me). I heard it on the radio a week or so ago and scrambled to find a pen to write it down on my hand so I could look up the chords when I got home. It is a powerful reminder of how great just the name of our Creator is. There is no limit to his love and power. Here's the song if you're interested in checking it out:
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