Feeling motivated?

In less than five minutes, I've made two doctors appointments and corrected a problem with our old bank account. I am good.

I'm still praying and searching for what God wants me to do, but I'm feeling some motivation. I was asked on Sunday to join the praise teams for a meeting and pizza on Wednesday night. They are going to discuss what's going on with the ministry and work on music ideas for the upcoming sermon series. We don't have a music minister yet, but the person in charge of the music, who happens to be a good friend, has asked for my help. So I started looking through some of my worship related books to see if there might be a good read in there that would be beneficial for her or for the whole team. As I started reading, I started realizing how much I miss music ministry. I miss it. I think I have to be involved in the music. It's my passion. I'm not sure how much I have to offer, but I definitely want to do something. I'm just not sure if I'll be content to just sing or just play or whatever when I feel like I might be able to offer more that would be a help to the ministry. I want to lead. I want to use the training that I have, but I know I have to commit to something smaller than that. It might be one huge lesson in humility. I want to help, but I have this fear that if I get too involved it will hurt Kraig's ministry. I don't want the stability of his job to be effected by whether or not someone likes what I'm doing. I just don't know. I'm going to start by going to this meeting, though. I'll at least get a feel for their hearts and their purpose.

Back to Sunday, though. Kraig preached his first sermon (or first three sermons) at NLCC on Sunday. He did great, as usual. I think he was encouraged by the response the congregation had to his message, and I pray that the message will be taken to heart and put into practice. That sermon and the sermon the previous week are part of why I'm feeling such a need to just commit to something. They were all about serving. And I'm not. I think Wednesday's meeting will be a big step for me, though. I'm just praying that God will show me what he wants in an obvious way.

In other news, Kate is refusing to nap.