Monday, September 29, 2008

Hey everybody!

I hope you all are enjoying the change of seasons and all the beauty that comes with it as much as I am! Well...time certainly is flying as we are starting our sixth week of our second season! Hard to believe! It seems as if we've all been doing this forever and yet at the same time it feels like summer shouldn't quite be over yet:).

As some of you may know, we had our very first official performance last Friday night for the Hymn and Gospel Sing at Puyallup Foursquare Church. The audience(hate that word, so let's just call them 'fellow worshippers') was so great! Once a year, the older generation in the church gathers to sing some good 'ol hymns and just simply worship, and they include us! Let's just say, for a first performance, it went pretty well! Of course, as all first performances usually go, there are always some things that go "wrong" from our puny little human perspectives. Someone forgets choreography(me), they start playing the wrong music at the wrong time, etc. But, you know what? None of that really matters. The important thing is is that Jesus is lifted up, and not just when we're on stage but in all that we do. "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving," (Col. 3:23-24), and, "...Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven," (Matt. 5:16). This is why we do what we do! This is why we get up everyday, put on tights, fix our hair in a bun, rehearse for hours, come to your church and dance~So that others may see our worship and join us in praising our Creator! Why? Because He deserves it! He deserves our everything.


Hope you've been able to understand my blabbering! Remember that the Lord has good plans for you, and He loves you so much that He died for you! I pray that you will be encouraged in these simple truths and that Jesus' love and grace will encompass your every step! Bless y'all!


P.S. Sorry to those of you who cringe at the sound of "y'all." Being the proud southerner that I am, I just had to throw it in there! :)

~Sarah



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