Alot of things have been happening around here, and has caused me to think and reflect on a few things, that I just wanted to share with you all.
I'm a musician for this Praise Team at a SDA church. The two that are over the P/T are friends of mine (we all go to the same college). They both are twins, 20-21 year old range. This group has been in effect since October. Since then, we have often hit rocky times. A few of the members were always complaining because the twins were never on time for rehearsal, would be rehearsing for too long (instead of 7-9 rehearsal, sometimes we wouldn't get started til 8...sometimes we wouldn't leave til after 10). There was complaining done that the songs were too high, blah blah blah.
Last week was the last straw for some. I wasn't in attendence for last weeks rehearsal, and the twins had lost the CD that the songs were on, so they didn't know nobody's note. and the group was frustrated once again, because they felt like they were not sonding good, and that their leaders weren't being great leaders at all. There was just a negative spirit that day. It carried over into the next morning when It was time for them to sing, and they couldn't even finish the song, because they never practiced the song all the way through. The aftermath, they sounded horrible (from what I was told.) Well, as a result, a number of them decided that they didn't want to sing anymore, one of those being my sig. other, who seems to have a strong dislike for the twins for various reasons.
Well, we had rehearsal last night, and due to a snow storm, and they fact that a few quit, there wasn't that many in attendance, but there was enough to sing praises to God, which is all that really matters. I was talking with my sig. other last night, and she was saying that we couldn't possibly accomplish much because we were short in number and we would have to reteach everything we learned at our next next rehearsal. However I don't believeWhat I observed was ppl that REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE, despite all of the drama that was surrounding the whole ministry. To me, it just seemed that we all (myself included) got away from the whole purpose of why we are singing, especially our leaders. Keep in mind, they are only 21, so of course they may not have it all figured out, but they are making a ginuwine effort. In talking with them, it seems that they learned some valuable lessons, that will make them better leaders.
I feel that God allowed all of this drama to take place, so that he could weed out all of those who didn't have a heart to sing in this ministry, because it just seemed like the ones who were left, were the ones who really wanted to be there. What do you all think? and How could I explain that to my sig. other in a way that she understands?
I feel that God allowed all of this to happen, so that he can weav
