Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Lord of the...Song?

It has been just over a week since I left Kansas. It has not been the best experience either. I have been staying in a hotel while the construction people finish the apartment complex I am to move in to. So while staying in a Hotel, I have been making my way back to campus to work as a desk worker at a dorm. Let me tell you, there is nothing more boring than just sitting in front of a computer for 8 hours watching movies and occasionally seeing someone pass by. So I have tried entertaining myself in other ways:
I am taking Hebrew with my brother as the teacher. Not only is it one of the weirdest things in the world to have your brother as one of your college professors, but the work is also difficult! So as I sit here at the desk asking myself if the $6 an hour I am making sitting here doing nothing is worth it, my brother will call me periodically and ask me to tell him the Hebrew Alphabet. No, I don't know it yet, but I'm on my way!
The next area of entertainment I have is singing. I am known throughout the population of the Sophomore girls as "that one desk worker who sings all the time." Yes, I sit at my desk and sing along to the many tunes I have on my computer. The only thing that makes this week special is the fact that George Pendergrass, one of my heros and a former singer in Acappella, is staying about 10 feet away from me. I have been hoping he will hear my music and come in and sing with me!!
The other thing I have been thinking about is my worship team that I am heading up pretty soon. I have to come up with a new name for the chapel time and find some singers. I also have the task of making the group more ethnically diverse. This makes it harder because I have enough trouble finding people who can sing, now I have to be a little bit more specific. I get so excited about singing here because I think it is one of the strengths of ACU. When the Freshman class comes in a hears the singing for the first time, they are completely amazed! I love being a part of that. I can see why God would love to hear our praise. I think that singing is one of the times when people get focused on God the most. My generation responds to good music more than anything else. If there is a way to reach my age group in the gospel it is to have good music involved.
Singing is a way to show your emotion to God that is very ancient. Mariam sing and played the tambourine to God, David sang and danced and played the harp before God, the early church sang and played songs to God. Music is an ability given to us by the almighty to please him. May our worship always be pleasing to El Shaddai.