The other day, I tried to remember what my Sundays were like before Feb '11, and couldn't. Sundays are strange without my usual task, and even stranger today as I didn't go to church at all. This is because I decided to stay at home due to a minor health issue. I actually felt better this morning, but as evening draws in, it's raised its ugly head again, so I guess I'm going to the doctors tomorrow. I'm going away for work soon - I don't want it to become serious in some remote location!
I've prayed on and off today, thought about yesterday and carried on with a task I believe that God wants me to complete, although I'm not sure of the reason why. Last Christmas, I built a PowerPoint file of songs for the church with a hyperlinked index, so me and/or the group could be as portable and flexible as possible. Well, obviously they've kept that file and the updates I've made and I hope that they keep that system going. A few months ago, I decided to change the format of the file slightly, not least because there was some weird error going on that caused it to crash. So, I started to rebuild it. Now that I've parted company with the church, I'm going further than that - carrying on with the reformat, removing the CCL number, splitting the hymns away from the choruses...and getting rid of the ones which I will never play. Y'see, the way I view it is that churches go through seasons. That chorus or hymn may have been annointed last season. This season it's starting to smell a bit. Yet there are some that still play it in a given setting because it did alright last time. It may have a revival. Some think that old revivals will be...erhem..revived with one chorus.
I want to scream at them to listen to what God wants, not what they think will be good on a certain day, and they can play.
Anyway, I can always put them back again, for songs, have seasons, and it seems I'm starting a new one. Why I'm rebuilding the file when I can't see any purpose for it yet seems pointless, but I'm sure God's telling me to complete this. So I will.
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