Been ivolved in a fair bit of carolling of late. Singing at a local prison, then for church, then at a country club. Christmas eve is up next and even though all this plus the rehearsals have been taking up a bit of my time, I’ve been happy.
Looking back, it’s always amazing to know that God had made use of these instances to minister to me. I’ve been feeling kinda crappy of late, work’s getting to me and with my colleague going on a long leave and I’ll have to cover for him, which means more work. The many tenders and deadlines all clustered up around Christmas aren’t helpful either. I haven’t been able to practice my guitar as much as I would like and the next evaluation is coming soon and I have yet to select a song! Need to exercise also, despite my weight staying constant, well actually dropping very slightly, coz I feel my energy levels dipping. May be this is why people say they feel the biggest drop in energy levels when they hit 30. Sighz…
Ain’t I full of complaints?
Despite all this, I found God ministering to me during the caroling sessions I’ve had and the best part is that all the songs started coming alive! It’s one thing to just be able to sing, and another to have the lyrics of a song sing back to you and restore you from within!
God is truly amazing. Even at his weakest moment, in his human frailty, he still chose to put us first. His selflessness is truly unparalleled. I remember a verse that I had to memorize recently and it goes very much like this:
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples” (Jn 13:34-35)
I’m thankful I can look up to him and pray that he will have the patience to teach me this command as it is truly something that I can’t possibly do in my own strength.
Blessed and contented.
