All God's Children Have a Destiny

Day 1 of practicing my songs in obedience to the Lord.

I ended up having fun!  This is one that I wrote for the kiddies.  It's chock full of Scriptural truths and Bible characters in a catchy melody.

So what I'm re-learning about obedience is this: when I obey God, though what He tells me to do may seem daunting or make no sense, I end up enjoying myself.  There may still be hard work involved, but it becomes filled with God's Presence, which equals joy, because obedience is a form of worship.

The minimum time slot I have alloted to practice my song-per-day is 10 minutes.  Since most songs are around three minutes long, that's running through them approximately three times.  I set this time for myself knowing that some days are busier than others, and I may only have ten minutes on a given day.

But today is Saturday!  I started practing around 9:30 in the morning.  I played from memory and also checked myself against my sheet music that I self-published.  In this case, I discovered that I wanted a different layout of the music. Instead of using repeat signs with a coda later, I went back into Finale (music notation software) and "wrote out" the final verse and chorus instead of using a coda.

So when I was done practicing and editing my sheet music, it was around 11:30am.  The time flew!  

I'm still going to sit down later and play through it a few more times.  I've got the chords down, but I need to make sure the lyrics are more secure.  

So there you have it!  The rundown of Day 1 of my obedience to the Lord!

Sunday will be my day off each week, so I'll be back at it Monday.  Next on the list of songs, as I am running through it alphabetically, is "All is Well."  

I'll be back on Monday to let you know how it goes!