The Lord knows...
We had our Spring musical yesterday (in two performances). Really they were like two big worship services since it was a worship musical. Lynn e-mailed and said we have had so much positive feedback. The message was just what everybody needed, especially for one of our elders who had dealt all day with a family in the hospital. They experienced a tragic accident and death. He cried and sang through the whole program. The Lord's timing is always perfect. He always knows what we need to hear.
I'm back in Nashville for a week of songwriting. I have three days and five appointments lined up. Tomorrow I write with with Simon from the UK. Though we have written some over the web, I have been looking forward to writing in person with him for a long time. I am driven to write stuff that will please the Lord and be useful for the kingdom. I got an e-mail the other day from a foreign student at a university in CA. He had heard the mp3 of “Sovereign Lord“ on a friend's laptop and said it struck him so hard he cried and bowed in worship. I can think of no higher compliment than that God would use something I had written in that way. His word never returns void.
Jay said yesterday that the decision song Sunday couldn't have fit the scripture and his sermon more perfectly. Though we plan a lot of things for our services, I am constantly amazed at what the Lord has planned...stuff that doesn't even enter our minds. Only he really knows what people are struggling with that day. “Man plans his way but the Lord directs his steps.”
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