suddenly i see....
After an incredibly fun and people-filled weekend, I am enjoying an hour or so of peace and quiet, alone in my house with my laptop and a snack, ruminating on the meaning of life and what exactly it means to live it.
This evening, after the service, I had the most fun thing happen. A dad and his young daughter came up to listen to and watch me play the end of the postlude, and then the little girl hopped up on the bench and I let her play around with the organ, showing her the different sounds, letting her play the pedals, and all that fun stuff. That, for me, was a little moment of heaven. I had been pretty ticked at myself - as per usual - for some stupid mistakes during the service, and this was a much-needed reminder that this organ thing that I do is not at all about me. It was so much fun to share the instrument with this little girl and to watch her eyes light up as she tried things out. It was a good reminder of what and who I want to be: I want to be one of those people in the church who knows all the kids, who asks what they are up to, who encourages them in worship leadership, and who shows them by my words and actions that they are valuable as people and that they are loved by the church and welcomed into its full life, however young or old they may be.
This is quite a soap box issue for me, and I don't have the presence of mind to get into the whole spiel right now, so I'll just leave it at that.
This evening, after the service, I had the most fun thing happen. A dad and his young daughter came up to listen to and watch me play the end of the postlude, and then the little girl hopped up on the bench and I let her play around with the organ, showing her the different sounds, letting her play the pedals, and all that fun stuff. That, for me, was a little moment of heaven. I had been pretty ticked at myself - as per usual - for some stupid mistakes during the service, and this was a much-needed reminder that this organ thing that I do is not at all about me. It was so much fun to share the instrument with this little girl and to watch her eyes light up as she tried things out. It was a good reminder of what and who I want to be: I want to be one of those people in the church who knows all the kids, who asks what they are up to, who encourages them in worship leadership, and who shows them by my words and actions that they are valuable as people and that they are loved by the church and welcomed into its full life, however young or old they may be.
This is quite a soap box issue for me, and I don't have the presence of mind to get into the whole spiel right now, so I'll just leave it at that.