Friday, March 09, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Ballinderry Abandonment
We played last night in a beautiful wee spot of the world in Ballinderry. I feeling under the weather before the night and was struggling to gear myself up for it, but when we actually arrived, set up and started playing, it was such a class night. JP and Hambette have similar posts up on this so I don't want to echo what has been gone over already.
I looked down into the crowd during playing (i don't usually) and i couldn't help but notice one wee girl during 'Rescuer' (cracking new song of Johnny's) totally abandoned to the singing of this song, really belting it out and (i think) really touched by the words she was singing. I couldn't help but think after about how often i struggle to lose myself in something for the sake of worship. It doesn't obviously have to be singing, but how many barriers (self imposed and otherwise) do we find in place when we go to give glory to God in something? Before, as I said, I struggled - why? I was just about to have the privilege of helping some young people worship through my playing.
Often when we stop and think about the glorious majesty of God those barriers don't matter....sorry, scratch that, they matter in so far as that's exactly the place we are in when we come to worship. When we can choose to worship God in whatever we are doing through whatever we are going through at the time then His Glory cant fail to amaze and leave us in awe.
I looked down into the crowd during playing (i don't usually) and i couldn't help but notice one wee girl during 'Rescuer' (cracking new song of Johnny's) totally abandoned to the singing of this song, really belting it out and (i think) really touched by the words she was singing. I couldn't help but think after about how often i struggle to lose myself in something for the sake of worship. It doesn't obviously have to be singing, but how many barriers (self imposed and otherwise) do we find in place when we go to give glory to God in something? Before, as I said, I struggled - why? I was just about to have the privilege of helping some young people worship through my playing.
Often when we stop and think about the glorious majesty of God those barriers don't matter....sorry, scratch that, they matter in so far as that's exactly the place we are in when we come to worship. When we can choose to worship God in whatever we are doing through whatever we are going through at the time then His Glory cant fail to amaze and leave us in awe.
Thanks to all in Ballinderry, great night all in.
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