Making a Run for It

For long time now I've more or less twiddled my thumbs with the music that God has given to me. If I were to be totally transparent about it I would have to admit that I have this weird self-consciousness about "my songs". Many of you know this to be true about me because I've expressed this very concern to you. Despite much encouragement to try and get my music "out there" I have always hesitated at the thought. I believe this hesitation is born out of the concern that I might end up doing it only for selfish reasons and somehow lose sight of being a servant in God's purpose. Never, for anything in all the world, would I want to diminish in my own mind that I am God's servant and that I am only using the things that he has given me to glorify him. So I would like to do a couple things in this post. First I would like to make some announcements and then I would like to ask for prayer.

There are two announcements.

(1) Last night I joined an online community of independent Christian musicians at a place called Indieheaven.com. Indie Heaven has become a popular place on the web over the last few years. They essentially give independent Christian artists a place to advertise the music that God has given them. It seems like a really neat place to be. The president of the company frequently checks out different artists websites and comments on the music that they've been posting. This adds to the personal feel the website. I genuinely feel like I'm part of a community of Christian songwriters. I entered a songwriting competition that they've got going on right now just for fun and it's also given me the chance to hear a lot of great God centered, Christ exalting music that I otherwise never would have heard. Anybody can go over to the website and check it out. They have a lot of really talented young artists making a home there. My section of Indie Heaven will be opened up sometime within the next several weeks. The first song I'll be posting is The King with more soon to follow. I'll talk more about Indie Heaven once I get my part of the website up and running.

(2) In addition to joining up on Indie Heaven.com Jamitha is also helping me open up a music Myspace page. Since I know next to nothing about Myspace it might be a little while before I have it up and running. If it wasn't for Jamitha's help I'd be totally lost with this whole Myspace generation.

Now for prayer…

My desire in doing these things is not that I would achieve any kind of personal success or recognition. Those kinds of things simply aren't important to me. My desire is that these endeavors would in some way serve the kingdom of God. My hope is that God would be recognized and glorified. I ask that you join me in praying that those things would happen. On a personal note, I would also ask that you pray for me. Pray that I would not lose touch with humility. Pray that I would keep a desperate grasp on God's purpose. Thank you in advance.

I'll let you know when my section of Indie Heaven comes online and I'll also let you know when that Myspace page is up and running. Thank you for all the support you've given me over the years.