A man after my own heart…
Dear worshipper, you who stand beside me, arms thrust into the air,
Please help me. I am lost.
You see, I love live music. But I don’t get singing. I listen to lots of music, most of the time I work. But very rarely do I stop my work and do nothing but sing.
I love Salmonella Dab. I love U2. When I go to their concerts, I do sing. But that is a by-product of entering into an experience. And they are good. And no matter how good they are, I could not imagine singing their songs, the same songs, week after week.
So I stand beside you, quite mystified. I feel strange, doing corporate, sung worship in church. Why do church’s sing?
For a long time I have stood beside you. For a long time now I have been feeling less than Christian. For a long time now I have looked around large groups of people singing and thinking “If I love Jesus, and they love Jesus, why am I bored. Why do I feel manipulated when lots of people sing the same thing?”
Read Steve’s full piece on his blog: So tell me how singing worship works…
About darren
i sing because it is what i’ve always done. the songs pull up stories, memories that i’ve lost deep in my soul. i’ve always sung. i can’t imagine not.
i’ve stood by you too, and always marveled at the smile on your face while you listen. sometimes i wish i could just listen without needing to sing. perhaps we need each other to make worhsip whole. just thoughts.
you worship God in your own way. you don’t have to sing. you can dance, you can pray, you can just be in a spirit of thankfulness for His great love. that is worship. hard work is worship. loving others when it’s not easy is worship. i truly hope that you will find yourself in a moment of true worship, standing next to “me” who is singing, and not feel the least bit manipulated ~ but rather truly focused on how much you love and long for your creator.