Today I spoke with the ladies from FBC Midland's MOPs group. Fun group! I was asked to speak on relationships. I hope no one has a skewed view of me after that little chat! Ha ha!
I'm no expert on relationships but I do have a great one with my husband. I pretty much told them my life story and then sang a few songs. Ya know... I hate it when I forget the words, but i forgot the words briefly to one of my songs. My husband thinks it's because I write "marathon" songs and how are they expected to pay attention to a 20 minute song? (funny guy!) :>
I've really grown, though. Years ago that would have flustered me to no end and I would be haunted by it the rest of the day. But...I'm human. God has really shown me that it's not about the performance, it's about my heart. Where is my heart when I'm singing the song? Who cares if you forget the words? I always feel like it's unprofessional but it happens. But I don't think anyone really cared and that's kind of cool to me. They were listening to the message ( I hope) of the song. Not whether or not I sang it perfectly or played it perfectly. As an artist I have grown immeasurably when it comes to understanding what really matters. I always want to be as professional as I possibly can, but sometimes we make mistakes. People want to know you are real! Not some fake, polished, performer that hits all the right notes and smiles and walks off the stage having made NO impact whatsoever. All that really matters is whether or not people see Jesus. That's it. Pretty simple.
Anyway, no matter the size of the audience I am always blessed when even one person is ministered to or touched by a song. It takes the focus and the pressure to perform off of me and puts the the spotlight on Christ. Maybe I should take this same attitude off the stage and into my everday life! What a concept. ;>
No comments:
Post a Comment