Really The BASS???

I am someone who loves to try new things and take on what some might say is a crazy idea or just really stupid one. Last year I decided to run the Death Race with a team of strong young women.  I ran Leg One and I achieved 20 minutes faster than I planned for - a lot of people thought I was crazy, foolish and again even stupid.  Maybe they were right but I don’t care I had so much fun during the process, got to know these incredible young women better and know I can push myself through pretty much any kind of pain, hardship and injuries… I did it and I am so proud of that accomplishment…but that is another story.

So now at the age of 49 - almost 50 years old I decided to learn how to play the bass. The idea started with what I saw was a need in our very young Churches Worship Team - our team only had one committed bass player who is also an amazing worship leader (its hard to combine Bass and leading) -we needed more bass players. So I decided to help out…I know crazy and unrealistic - its going to take me quite some time to learn to play let alone start working with the band. After purchasing an amazing bass and amp and everything else that goes with it…lessons and practice I set to work on learning - then realized this is going to take some time - looking cool isn’t all you need to play the bass :-).  Thank goodness some bass players have started to come out of the woodwork and join our team so the pressure is off me and I can learn and have fun doing it.  :-) Because of this idea my amazing husband has started taking Guitar lessons and I believe one day he will play with our worship team…this will be continued. 

But all that being said I am so glad I decided to take this journey into music from a different side. I have always loved to sing and have been given the great honour to sing with our worship team and now through  this new undertaking I am learning about music in a whole new way which is helping me understand worship and singing so much better.  It has increased my desire is to learn as much as I can through this and bring more when I worship God. I am also taking voice lessons and learning how to improve my singing as I also have a strong desire to lead worship one day. God is so good -He puts people and circumstances on your path so you will hopefully follow His plan for you.  The people on our Churches worship team are so inspiring, gifted and anointed. I love getting know everyone involved and sharing this beautiful experience with all of these talented young people.  I feel so blessed.

I was told by two different people (both worship leaders - I admire and respect) I would be a worship leader one day and I just laughed and put that thought away... how could someone like me lead worship?  I tried not to think about it and I never even prayed about it. For along time I stopped singing and even worshiping - closed that part of my life off. Then just recently I was given a chance to worship again by a young talented Pastor who asked me if I would like to be apart of their worship team. So I came out - I was scared and I really thought he was just being nice and that in time he would figure out I really couldn’t sing and I would be slowly fazed out.  Funny this hasn’t happen…yet - he has just been encouraging my love of worship and pushing me to be better and also reminds me its not about me it is all about HIM…we were made to WORSHIP GOD.

So that being said I am going to continue to learn the bass - it is so much fun and I will continue to take singing lessons in an effort to one day become the worship leader I was meant to be. 

The best part of all of this is John learning guitar and Sarah and Rayna are now singing on the Worship Team!!!  God is so good - heck we might even have a family worship band. :-)

The something from nothing on this is…. from just wanting to help out in an area of need - It in turn opened my heart to what I am truly passionate about "Singing and Worshiping God".   It is so true that when you give you get back ten fold…I am so excited about what the future holds for all of us. 

God Bless