This word seemed to be the totally irrational refrain of my afternoon. You know, we have an awesome, awesome Christmas tree up in our courtyard that smells amazing and looks beautiful. grump. I listened to recordings of some of Haydn's most beautiful masses today. grump. I got a 95% on a paper I worked extremely hard on in a Williamson class. I am pretty sure that less than three people earned A's on that project. grump. I ate a fantastic lunch today. grump. I have a set of amazing, amazing friends. grump. Don't ask me why... today was just a grump sort of day. Until tonight, that is.
On Wednesday nights, a group of students meets to just sing hymns and praise songs. We usually know about 3/4 of the songs, and we learn so many new and beautiful ones every week from each other. I really enjoy it. Over the course of the year, our group has slowly dwindled to a faithful quartet. Two guys, two girls. Soprano, alto, tenor, bass. We sing wonderful songs in sporadic, sometimes perfect harmony and have a blast doing it. I enjoy picturing God taking a little time out in his day to lean back in his chair and smile as he listens to our enthusiastic worship. Tonight we sang for three hours. Three hours! We sang from 8pm to llpm. We sang for a while, we learned a new song, we poked fun at each other and laughed, we talked about our spiritual walk as of late, we prayed, we laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed. What is more, Remington, our African-American bass, suggested that I try something new with my voice. He is teaching me to sing his way. I am learning music from the standpoint of a totally new culture and it is so wonderful. I love it! I think that God, as he smiled down at us, was pleased by our worship, but also was enjoying observing the refreshment those three hours provided for our weary souls. Seriously, what sort of tired college students that you know of could sing for 3 hours? We have really become a special little group all our own. Remington writes music and he is going to write some songs for us to sing at Coffee Breath, our uniquely named talent show... of sorts. We have made all sorts of plans to do so many things together this year. Lord God, thank you for awesome fellowship with friends! You know just what will lighten my load, even on grump days.
2 comments:
When may I book a show?
I would have loved to hear the beautiful music of song and laughter that lifted your soul.
It was good to get a glimpse of your day and night! I think of you often and how God may use you with your multitude of talents and your willingness to serve Him.
This is just what I needed this morning. I have too many things that NEED to be done this morning to have taken the time to check if you had a new blog entry, but I did it anyway and received a huge blessing. The account of your wonderful day past has put a glow on my difficult day present. Thank you, Kimberlee.
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