Matt talked about our tendencies to complain as humans.  We all have something to complain about… but God calls us to live in JOY.  I am SO guilty of this.  Not the “living in joy” part… the complaining part… in case you were confused.  I really spend WAY more time talking about the negatives in my life than the all the amazing blessings that surround me.  I guess that just come easier for me as a pessimist.  Obviously, this is something I really need to work on.

The whole set this morning was just me and my beautiful Larrivee.  It would have been fine if I didn’t feel like poopy.  Our whole family is sick right now.  Not just a common cold, but the whole “my-throat-is-on-FIRE!” kind.  Before I got to church for set up, I think I coughed up about 5 pounds of phlegm.  My voice was super crackalicious… BUT I also had that weird, kinda awesome sick “sexy-Phoebe-voice” (sorry if you never watched Friends)… so it worked.

The Sunday Setlist this morning:

1. Not To Us – Chris Tomlin
2. Holy Is The Lord – Chris Tomlin
3. Hosanna – Brooke Fraser
4. Stars – Switchfoot
5. Sweetly Broken – Jeremy Riddle
6. Till I See You – Joel Houston
7. Revelation Song – Jennie Riddle

We used “Stars” as the special response piece.  Had to play around a bit to change an upbeat, full-band song into a slower, one person, acoustic, “think-about-your-daily-lives” version.  Here’s the live, house-mix recording from this morning (besides a couple of times where I obviously had some breath support issues and *maybe* forgot how to play the guitar… it’s not all that bad for being live).

Highlights from this morning: It was really good to have Brian back at church with me… even though he WAS sick.  It also seemed like my voice and guitar were EQ’d really well.  Felt like “butta”!  The set-up was RIDICULOUSLY fast.  We were done, like, 45 minutes before service started… which means we were done 45 minutes quicker than usual.  Felt like all the music totally connected with the sermon.  I LOVE when that happens.  Well… I guess that’s what happens when the speaker picks the “Special” piece.  HA!

Lowlights from this morning: Leading while I’m sick is definitely not fun.  I want to give my best, and I felt like I didn’t have much to give physically… but God’s Spirit works through me anyway.  Thank God, for that!!!  Our speaker mic is also giving us some trouble.  You could probably hear the “fuzzy” in Matt’s voice at the beginning of the recording.  It’s not consistent.  It’s happened one other time than today.  I need to figure out a way to fix that.  Hmmm…

I can’t really say too much negative about today.  Church went really, REALLY well.

The best part?  Chance’s Sunday School lesson.  Check it out:

What did YOU do today? (link to your post, if you’d like)