Wednesday, November 22, 2006: i'm a joyful servant
today was my no 2 practice for carolling, and i felt pretty shaken today. after what seemed like an awesome first prac, i thought things were going to get better, but in fact, it got alot worse. our singing were like offkey, slightly flat. i was feeling pretty low, especially since all the hymns that we practised on monday werent that great, and its not as if i'm that great a singer myself. my tendency to go offkey is i think greater than an average person. but i'm pretty thankful that i have cheryl in my alto section.
cheryl's the sunday school tcher in charge of the whole caroling event this year, and she told me today that she was really glad that i could help out with the alto section, cos there wasnt really anyone else. cheryl also helps loads, cos i'm really crap at sight singing so she helps by singing the RIGHT tune and note. yeah. after her encouragement today i felt better, not that great cos after all my singing wasnt fantastic or anything, but good enough to feel good about myself and that i should be joyful in serving the Lord. i think, without encouragement, people wont function as well as they would with encouragement. like, if it was me, i would want to be encouraged because that makes me feel better and gives me more perseverance to complete the job. i guess maybe its because i regard how other people think of me more important than what i feel, so it feels heaps better when someone believes in me. everyone needs some encouragement, everyone needs some one to believe in them. even if they cant sing. like me.
(read Ecclesiastes 4) after all, we are all part of the body of Christ. we need to spur each other on to press forward as a team, as one body. thank you claire also for your encouragement (:
so anyway, other than caroling, i helped logistics pack the prizes for camp. (:
the prizes looks good and yummy! (: and we made it pretty fair so no one feels left out. haha. today was a pretty eventful day i think.
a shout of praise.
10:16 PM
