Well, today was the second time we played in chapel. Needless to say, it felt extremely different. But in a good way. I felt like there was a lot of pressure on us to “perform” well because it seemed that we had raised the bar and built up some high expectations of what we could do. Quite a few people even said “that was the best chapel all year” so I felt like expectations were definitely high. A lot of people expressed excitement that we were playing again and it didn’t make me worry, but like I mentioned, it gave a little pressure because people seemed to be expecting something that only God could provide. But, I trusted that He would.
Our second set consisted of “Holy Moment,” “Lead Me To The Cross,” and “Fire Fall Down.” We started off really well but I ran into some bumps during our playing. I broke a string mid song! That was super annoying. It was extremely annoying because I just put that string on last night. All 6 strings were brand new strings that I just got on Saturday. I broke the G-string (haha) the night before at rehearsal and then replaced it for the morning but it broke again on stage! I snapped my G-string in front of everyone! When that happened, I thought to myself, “Satan really doesn’t want this to be happening right now.” But I didn’t miss a beat and I just kept playing. But! I then proceeded to drop my pick while strumming a chord. Luckily, I had more so I grabbed another off my stand. Unfortunately, dropped that one too! But once again, I didn’t let it affect me. So needless to say, it had it’s share of struggles during the set, but God redeemed it.
Our second set consisted of “Holy Moment,” “Lead Me To The Cross,” and “Fire Fall Down.” We started off really well but I ran into some bumps during our playing. I broke a string mid song! That was super annoying. It was extremely annoying because I just put that string on last night. All 6 strings were brand new strings that I just got on Saturday. I broke the G-string (haha) the night before at rehearsal and then replaced it for the morning but it broke again on stage! I snapped my G-string in front of everyone! When that happened, I thought to myself, “Satan really doesn’t want this to be happening right now.” But I didn’t miss a beat and I just kept playing. But! I then proceeded to drop my pick while strumming a chord. Luckily, I had more so I grabbed another off my stand. Unfortunately, dropped that one too! But once again, I didn’t let it affect me. So needless to say, it had it’s share of struggles during the set, but God redeemed it.
Side note: I think it’s an important one. During “Fire Fall Down” today, I actually, while still on stage, grabbed my microphone and kneeled down and continued to worship. God really humbled me when I told him I wasn’t going to care what people thought. End side note.
Despite the fact that I broke a string and my picks were flying around, we still got some good feedback. I mentioned earlier how it was different this time; it was different in more ways that one. One way was that I didn’t have those “first time jitters.” In another way, it was different than before because I really didn’t want compliments. The first time I was okay with them because I did want to know how it came across. But this time, after all that happening, I didn’t want to hear it as much. I actually tried to avoid people for the rest of the morning (it only worked for a little while) I would’ve been fine with no one saying anything. Because I don’t care what people think. I do what I do for God, not for people. But I still have learned to smile and say “thank you.” I really do appreciate the compliments, and it’s encouraging, but sometimes I feel like people just say it to say it.
That is all.