Alyssa's ramblings...

The heart of worship.

My weekend was awesome! I was on singers on Saturday night. Georga was worship-leading for the first time, and because she was more focussed on leading rather than doing raves and stuff, Keren asked me if I could do some raves. Oh yes, I raved. :o) Not hugely (I didn’t want to seem like I was taking over or anything), but I did quite a few. Raves are fun. I like raves.

After the praise and worship, both Keren and Candice came up to me (at separate times), gave me a hug, and said how awesome I was. They were really proud of me. It meant so much to me to hear them say that, because they are both awesome worship leaders who I look up to and respect. :o)

AND, Rebekah came up to me and said that I inspired her, because she could see that I was praising and worshipping with all of my heart. That made me so happy, because lately I have been trying really hard to put everything else aside, and not think about anything else but God when I’m worshipping. My one focus has been to meet Him face to face, and it’s awesome to see that by doing that, I’m inspiring others to do the same. That’s what worship leading is all about.

So, to sum up, I am marvellously happy!!! Even without the compliments, though, it still would have been an awesome, awesome night. As I said before, I have been trying to give God my all in worship, and I think I went to a new level on Saturday night. God rocks my world. :o)

An old friend from school and her sister came to Youth on Saturday! They’re not Christians, and hadn’t really been to church much (she said that she doesn’t feel comfortable in ‘those places’), but they came, and I think they may have enjoyed it. I successfully overcame the urge to tone down my praise for the sake of them, which was great. I’m not quite sure what to do now, though. I didn’t ask them if they enjoyed the service, or if they want to come back again... I think I may message them today or tomorrow, and just say that the invitation’s open for them to come back. And I’ll advise them of special events, like Youth Alive and Fusion. Sound good?

One more thing. Sometimes the accountant comes in and tells me what he’s done on our accounts, and I have no idea what he’s talking about, or why he’s telling me. But I listen and say “Aha, aha” all the same. Also, when he wants to talk to me, he just starts talking from the other room, even though I can’t hear him properly. So I guess in that case, he’s ensuring that I’ll go to him so he can speak to me. Good plan. Too bad I miss half of what he says before I get there! :o)

posted by Alyssa @ 10:50 AM