It's hard to believe so much time has elapsed but three years ago, I made this post about joining the Music Ministry at my Church:
http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,53210.msg510423.html#msg510423Now, God has showed up/showed out some more!
There is a Gospel Quartet here made up primarily of Brothers in my church. I've had a chance to observe them and they are all good, upright walking, God-fearing men. The kind of cats you'd feel good hanging out with.
A couple of years ago, they put out a feeler for a bass player and I disregarded it b/c quite frankly, I didn't think I had the chops for it at the time. Subsequently, I thought about it some more but I figured that if they really needed someone, they would ask me.
(The last thing you want to do is invite your OWN self to somebody's group.)A few weeks ago, God put it on my heart to ask one of them them about "how things were going with the group." As soon as I mentioned it, he was like, "Man -- we've been PRAYING for a bass player!!! hit me up with your contact info!" I sent him a Facebook message and this is how he responded:
"YES!! Thank you man. We can use you. Man u will be a blessing to us. My manager will be calling you. Be blessed brother. We will keep in touch with you bro. Thanks again !!!!!"
I spoke to their manager a week later and not only did he welcome me with open arms but a couple days later he told me about a CD project that they're completing. As it turns out, there were three unfinished tracks and he wanted me to lay down the bass parts.
Lo and behold, he got me a CD to learn from and last Friday evening, I met them at the studio. I sat down and in two takes each, I laid down all three tracks in about 30 minutes. I spent the rest of the evening hanging out in the studio with the Brothers and talking about the next steps.
As it turns out, these Brothers play a LOT and have a lot of gigs scheduled all over the city and the Midwest and I am the official bass player.
Sometimes we forget just how good God is and to remind myself, I always have to remember these two scriptures:
Psalm 37:4: "Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
James 5:16: "... The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
God is truly good -- All the time!
