January 5, 2006

A day removed from the world can change relationships in life, and let God work to heal those relationships that we as humans might sever.

I say this because of the particular instance I had with a close friend a few nights back. I was worried about how I would resolve the possible rift that might exist between us now, but upon running into them, it was as if nothing had happened. At that point, I was ready to walk in and try to resolve it, but it appears God had beaten me to it, and did a much better job than I could with my words.

For this I can't explain how relieving and great it is to have God take care of a burden.

At work, I met a man.

Apparently, this man is a regular and spends a good amount of time at the shop when he does stop by, but I struck up a conversation with him, almost by accident.

This conversation had little to do with God, in all honesty, but was entirely on the topic of guitars, and which ones were reliable.

This man had nearly settled on one guitar to buy, but was not entirely convinced. Somehow we ended up talking about which guitar was the best to buy, based on personal tone, style, and sound preferences.

This conversation DID kind of make me see something.

God has brought me so far, in terms of music, in the past few years, and the wisdom He's given me only serves to make me think it's a sign that my life is supposed to have something to do with music.

I know the average person would look at me like I'm crazy and hope that I'll come to my senses.

I pray that I NEVER "come to my senses."

I think that God is telling me to pursue the music, and what it may lead to, be it playing three shows and seeing that it's actually NOT for me, or maybe to the point of touring with a label. Either way, or any way in between, I feel that following God on this is not only the best decision to make, but actually the ONLY decision to make.

If we all "came to our senses" and "recognized the rationality" of life, how many of us would be living what God has told us to live? Is going to college and getting a degree the ONLY path that God could possibly set out for us to have? Is playing it safe REALLY the safest way to play it?