Last week, I wrote a song that I really love and am still in awe over the fact that Frank found a way to squeeze it onto the project at such a late date. Not to mention being willing to do it. He blesses me so many times. There was just something about this song that seemed like it belonged on "No Judgments" and once we recorded the scratch track, I felt like the project was complete. We still have so much work to do but there is a sense of "we're almost there"!
The amazing thing to me is that even though I am in the midst of wrapping up this project, my mind is crammed full of new songs and thoughts that keep me up until the wee hours of the night. I am humbled by the fact that through insignificant me, God is accomplishing musical miracles with my few loaves of bread. It blows my mind all the time and I never take for granted the blessing I have to be able to get the songs I hear in my head into hearing condition for other people.
School's out and swimming is in. As I lay by the pool listening to my kids squeal while they cannonball off the high dive, I realize that no matter how difficult and hectic and crazy life can get, there is always a lounge chair out there somewhere waiting to be occupied and a God who is waiting for us to spend time with Him. I am enjoying these days of rest that God has given me to hear from Him and recharge. It is so easy to clutter up our day and our mind and then wonder why we haven't heard a single word from God. Sometimes I'm pretty sure He has a swamp to get through just to get to me.
I had the most incredible opportunity to share one of my own songs at a friends wedding this past weekend. They chose the song "The Telling of Your Love" and singing it on such a special occasion was the highest compliment. I told a friend the other day that I am still trying to step into the shoes of "musician". In other words, when they began lighting the unity candle, I was sitting there waiting for someone to get up and start singing "The Wedding Song" and then I remembered that oops....that person was me! This may take some getting use to!
Keep me in your prayers, as I always need them. Thank you again for your letters and e-mails. They give my heart strength. Enjoy your summer, enjoy your lounge chair, enjoy His love.
Posted by Stan at June 1, 2002 07:54 PM