I read an article from Keith Green, who was a Christian Musician, talking about when he did get well known in the Christian Music scene there were tons of fans who ask how they could get started in their own Music Ministry. But they didn't ask him how to become a missionary or a street preacher. My first thought was they're asking him this because he was a Big Christian Music star, and not a missionary, not a street preacher. He might have done that work too; I don't know I just know him for his music. But his real point was why are Americans so star struck, why do we want the glory? Why do we want to put us in the forefront and not Jesus? Why does it matter to us to be so well known? And he goes to say while we are praising these Christian Artists, we should really be praising their purpose in their music, which is worshiping God.
His answer to this question was always the same, which is, and I'm paraphrasing here, are you willing to give up your music, and your life basically to follow Jesus, throughout this ministry? Which is the same question that Jesus asked the Disciples. Are they willing to give up their old life and follow Jesus no matter what the future will bring us? He said that they would always answer, Yes. But he would doubt that they knew the cost of doing this, and that's because we don't know this at all really. We don't know where God will take us, but we trust that where he is taking us is good. Of course it is good; we just don't know the future of our life.
Sure we all want to be known, but does it really make our lives any better to be famous? I don't think it does and there's definitely proof in that if you watch entertainment news. What are we really seeking here? Fame and fortune for ourselves or fame and fortune for God's kingdom? Obivisiously God has chosen some people to be popular in the world; I learned this in high school. With all that popularity none of it really matters if it's not for God's glory. That people who are not popular could actually be doing more meaningful work, and of course it can the other way around too, but it really doesn't matter how well known you are in this world, just that you're serving God.
From the time that I was 11 I have wanted to be in a band, and I have been in some, but I never really wanted to be famous. Sure I still want to record cd's and all that other stuff, but I really just want to write music and have it be heard by others. It's something that simple that can become something so complex. The complex part is really the business part. You don't have to make money at what you do in life, but I bet it would be nice to be able to do what you want for money, but if it's not for God then it's meaningless. It's just you and we all know that we don't walk alone in our Christian Walk. We need to include God in what we do, no matter how big we can get through our work, we must remember who made this possible, God. And we should teach others in hopes that they can feel the same Love that we have that comes from God.
We watch these stars and I noticed today that they really aren't mythed by their fame; it's just their life now. It's like they've gotten used to it. And sure it has changed them, but once they get over that it's just life for them. That their overwhelming sense because of their achievements have fallen flat and that's it's the past for them. It’s just part of their life now and it doesn't really matter that they're famous anymore.
So it really doesn't matter if you’re somebody or a nobody in this life, just as along you are serving God in what you are doing.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
updates
I emailed my testimony to Mosaic Church, which is the church that we go to, and they decided to print it in their bulliten, which I didn't ask them to do or expect them to do, but I thought it was cool. They did have to edit it down to fit the required word amount for the bulliten, but that's ok it sounded really good, and nothing was really changed, not that I thought they would change it.
Our old Pastor, Pastor Dave who married us asked us if he could get our autographs for the buliten, which was funny. We didn't though, but he did say that he was going to have it framed for his house. That's nice.
Also, last Sunday I began my training to run sound for church, and I pretty much ran the sound for the second service, and part of the first service. Johnathan Chandlier their Audio Engineer taught me a lot and directed me during the service. It really was a lot more complex than I thought it was when running sound he told me that the congregation is really what you want to watch, they should be worshiping and that you can measure how good you are doing by how they well they are worshiping. We play this one song "God of the City," which is a really good song that can really get the whole congregation worshiping. It's quite a different perspective when you're able to see everybody in church. I liked it a lot I had fun it was challenging and at first I didn't think I could do it because I never really have I mean had been taught a little bit when I live in Oregon and went to church at Eastside, but that was nothing like what we have at Mosaic. Mosaic has some really good equipment for sound, and for recording. So I'm going to do the same thing this Sunday too.
I still want to play praise and worship music at Mosaic and it's really only a matter of time before that happens. I'm going to practice with James Wofford III who is their Music Minister next week, and we will see where I can go from there I guess.
before I got involved at Mosaic it really affected me. I did want to get involved as quickly as I could, but it didn't happen that way for and it seems like it did happen that way for a lot of other people who went to Village Church, I'm not mad about it or anything like that, but I did wonder why a lot. What I realized was that I really don't have to be playing music to glorify God when I'm at Church although I still think about that sometimes when I am worshipping there. I was just so used to doing it that way. But I think I'm getting more comfortable with not playing music at church, even though I still want to do it, which feels weird for me. But I am doing something there now, and that feels good.
I'm glad my friends Mike and Brooke will be reunited today, I know it was hard for them to be away from each other. It would be hard for me to be away from Heather. So, I'm glad that they are going to be home in Arkansas together again. Brooke had been in an ASL internship in New York recently.
We have been hanging out with Mike while she was gone though. It has been fun.
I need to do somethings before I can release any cd's like make cover art, upload all of the songs onto tunecore and I have to buy some cd-r's for special orders that aren't through Itunes. I am doing one more song,it's going to be a rap song about Jabba the Hut, so now the cd has 11 songs on it, and it's still going to be 8 dollars if I can do that with tunecore.
Our old Pastor, Pastor Dave who married us asked us if he could get our autographs for the buliten, which was funny. We didn't though, but he did say that he was going to have it framed for his house. That's nice.
Also, last Sunday I began my training to run sound for church, and I pretty much ran the sound for the second service, and part of the first service. Johnathan Chandlier their Audio Engineer taught me a lot and directed me during the service. It really was a lot more complex than I thought it was when running sound he told me that the congregation is really what you want to watch, they should be worshiping and that you can measure how good you are doing by how they well they are worshiping. We play this one song "God of the City," which is a really good song that can really get the whole congregation worshiping. It's quite a different perspective when you're able to see everybody in church. I liked it a lot I had fun it was challenging and at first I didn't think I could do it because I never really have I mean had been taught a little bit when I live in Oregon and went to church at Eastside, but that was nothing like what we have at Mosaic. Mosaic has some really good equipment for sound, and for recording. So I'm going to do the same thing this Sunday too.
I still want to play praise and worship music at Mosaic and it's really only a matter of time before that happens. I'm going to practice with James Wofford III who is their Music Minister next week, and we will see where I can go from there I guess.
before I got involved at Mosaic it really affected me. I did want to get involved as quickly as I could, but it didn't happen that way for and it seems like it did happen that way for a lot of other people who went to Village Church, I'm not mad about it or anything like that, but I did wonder why a lot. What I realized was that I really don't have to be playing music to glorify God when I'm at Church although I still think about that sometimes when I am worshipping there. I was just so used to doing it that way. But I think I'm getting more comfortable with not playing music at church, even though I still want to do it, which feels weird for me. But I am doing something there now, and that feels good.
I'm glad my friends Mike and Brooke will be reunited today, I know it was hard for them to be away from each other. It would be hard for me to be away from Heather. So, I'm glad that they are going to be home in Arkansas together again. Brooke had been in an ASL internship in New York recently.
We have been hanging out with Mike while she was gone though. It has been fun.
I need to do somethings before I can release any cd's like make cover art, upload all of the songs onto tunecore and I have to buy some cd-r's for special orders that aren't through Itunes. I am doing one more song,it's going to be a rap song about Jabba the Hut, so now the cd has 11 songs on it, and it's still going to be 8 dollars if I can do that with tunecore.
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