Hey everyone…it’s been a little while, so I thought I would update this.  Not that there’s much new going on at the moment, but I figure I can least update you on the fact that there’s nothing new, right?   STILL designing the cd packaging.  I know, I know, it really shouldn’t be taking this long, but there were a few bumps in the road. (Aren’t there always, wouldn’t it seem?!)  Buuuuut…we’re springin’ forward anyway (figuratively and literally…it was daylight savings last night!).

So, what is going on with me?  So glad you asked!   Haha, it’s been a crazy 2009 thus far.  A lot of plans, a lot of hopes, a lot of dreams…and lately a lot of disappointments (some related to the above, some not).  It’s been quite an experience to walk through everything…and I think that’s what God is trying to teach me: to keep moving forward based on His promises, even though things don’t go exactly according to how I planned them.  God has been tugging at my heart these last few weeks, reminding me to trust Him and to focus on Him.  Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. (Proverbs 3:5&6, NASB) That’s pretty much been my flagship verse lately!

What else, what else….well, I guess I forgot to mention this, but back in January, I did a little project I entitled “31 Days of Songs That You Will Probably Never Hear”.  Basically, I wrote something every day for the month of January….well, up to the 24th, because then I was out of town the rest of the month…but 24 out of 30 ain’t bad, huh?    The self-imposed rule was to write SOMETHING every day; sometimes it was a verse, a chorus, or both.  Or a snippet of a lyric idea here, a melody there.  I wanted to exercise my creative muscles and get the juices flowing.  Even if it was downright blah, I had to write it down and then record it on a work tape.  (I have a handy cassette recorder by my piano so I don’t forget ideas or new songs I’m writing.)  Let me tell you, it was TOUGH for me.  I’ve never really been one to just sit down and write a song or even be creative on command.  But, the point of the exercise wasn’t about the quality of the song; it was about forcing my brain to try to come up with something new.  However, I did get a few ideas for some songs that I’d like to develop, and who knows, maybe one day you WILL hear one or two of them!

Well, friends, ciao for now, and I ask that you pray with me that the cd design gets finished…and the springin’ forward will continue.

P.S. The service at Victory Christian Church went really well!  It was great to be there and the people were so wonderful.  And Holy Spirit was there and doing His thing, so OF COURSE it was great!