This is my 1999th blog post :) hehee. been pacing out so that I can type my 2000th post on 25th December, and my 2009th post on the first day of 2009:)
but i've placed this formerly as a draft and have officially missed the 25th december deadline:\ it's not 27th december, an important date for an important person :)
it's crystal's 21st birthday today!:) happy birthday crystal!:) heh. she's a very dear sister for me, 'cos she's my faithful support and team member in counter. thank God for this sister:) she's someone with a very sweet spirit and a very dedicated heart to the people around her. really blessed by her support and her presence in the counter:)
Couldn't attend her birthday party today 'cos of worship prac :S hope she's had a good time. hehe.
glad to finally be able to serve with guanrui for backup singing (since we went in at the same time. hahaha). i think we've not served together before (unless my memory fails me. not including the time we've observed the worship prac. lol. i've not served with huili before either (i think). hahaha. think these are the two people whom i've not served with before in backup singing. lol. need to learn how to harmonize! need to learn more about the theory of music. need to grow in this area!:)
oh, but really thank God:) can see how my singing has improved since i've joined this ministry. at least now i can harmonize some parts! hahaha. and i can differentiate between a normal note and a slightly flat note (though i can't always do that, especially when i'm the one singing. can't tell the diff between a normal note and a sharp one though:)
haha. i've only realized today how nice don moen's voice is. but he doesn't have the nicest voice (in my opinion=D) sometimes i like to just listen to people talk, 'cos it's nice to listen to the texture of the voice, the different intonation and speed, the different qualities of the sounds being produced.
i still find it amazing how i'm in backup singing. hahaha. it's a ministry i've always wanted to go into since i was in youth (2004), but never thought that i'll be able to go in due to various funny reasons:D being able to serve God in an area i enjoy is such an enjoyable thing. hahaa. but have to constantly remind myself (as what wanqi shared) to love God more than my craft :) with counter ministry, it's not hard. LOL. 'cos every time i serve, it's really for God ('cos i dun have a natural passion to dabble with finance), but with backup singing, 'cos i love singing, need to always check if i'm singing 'cos i enjoy it, or singing for God :) so harmonizing kinda keeps me in check. 'cos it's something which i'm kinda scared to do, but i wanna grow in, 'cos i know it'll add on to the ministry and in the experience of worship :) ah. but so much to grow in. so frustrating sometimes:S
i believe in worshipping God with songs. i believe in it 'cos it always reminds me of the gentleness of God. the shelter and refuge that comes when we worship God with songs. when you describe the gentleness of God with poems, with words, with a verse, with prose, songs make it so much more real. when you declare and proclaim of God's wonder, of His power, His victory, songs make it so much more certain and majestic. each song paints in unseen colours, the characteristic of God:)
that being said, i love expositions of the word as well. hahaha. especially when a lot of background is given and the verse is deeply expounded upon. it tickles another side of me. hahaha.