5pm

 Happy Sabbath,

I am getting to this blog a bit late.  I was able to worship with my church family in person for the second time since the pandemic started and it was a good experience.  I had thought I would be annoyed by things not going as planned but today was not a bad day.  My son sang a song for the service and I brought everything we needed to make sure the children's parts went well, that people in my class were connected and able to participate and that I could do what I needed to for the musical portion of the service.  I'm not crazy about their piano.  It's much quieter than ones I've used in other churches.  I will fine tune things by next week but I am thankful that I was able to come out and use my gifts for the Lord.  I took a look at a youtube channel I started at the start of the pandemic and was surprised to see that people are still going on and viewing videos.  One video had 3.4k views.  That was completely unexpected.  I look forward to trying some new things musically with the children now that I have them in the same space and hope that we can put out content that will not only keep them in a mind of reverence for the Lord during the Sabbath but also touch the hearts of new viewers so that they will worship the Lord and be encouraged to follow Him more closely.  I have to take my nap for work tonight.  Good week, good Sabbath, great day!