Leading Worship / The Struggle
Worship Leading was suppose to be this grand spiritual journey, full of hours long songs and prayers that never end. I imagined breathing in the holy commission of song writing and exhaling incredible expressions of love for my Glorious God. The experience has been much more about coordinating schedules, retraining bad behaviors, gently correcting...everything...all the time, and basically trying to keep my sanity while also delicately letting go of self and allowing God to do His work in me. That may seem like a recipe for destruction or a really great explanation for why I would leave this crazy position and spend the rest of my days avoiding church leadership. Instead, I can count it all as joy. I heard an amazing sermon today about "the cost" of ministry. Chip Ingram spoke about some frustrations in ministry and about the conversation he and his wife had after church one day. In the wisdom God gave her, she said, "What if the frustration is simply the cost? Jesus ...