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Last weekend, Danya and Misty had a concert at Liberty Baptist in Auburn, KY. The girls had been invited back because they were such a big hit at the Girl of Worth Conference, and lots of the kids wanted to see them do a full concert. They were so pleased to go and get to see everyone. Danya has been having quite a bit of trouble with her voice lately, just due to allergy/sinus related things, and her voice was not in top shape--at all! She sounded really hoarse and the night before, she had not been able to sing/speak at all. I was really praying for a Christmas miracle, sort of like that time when Carol Brady was supposed to sing on Christmas, and she couldn't even talk (I think she had her tonsils taken out), and then on Christmas morning, she sings in church and sounded just perfect. So I was praying along those lines, and believe me, I would not have been surprised if it had happened. God does things like that all the time. I have a speaker friend who was as sick as a dog--with no voice--she got on a plane to go do her event anyway, trusting God all the way. She gets there, steps up to the podium, delivers her message with full vocal capacity. She stepped down from the podium and found she had no voice at all. God gave her what she needed when she needed it. And that is so like Him! So anyway, I am praying and expecting God to do this. The concert begins, and. . . Danya still cannot sing. She was really hoarse and her voice was really husky--sort of like Brenda Vaccaro with a cold--and she just told all the kids there that she was going to sing anyway. She let them off the hook to laugh at her if she hit any real clinkers, and she told them that she was just there to worship God and have fun, so she was going to do it anyway. I must say that I have never been more proud of her, and at the same time, pretty ashamed of myself. After all, how many times have I not done something because of my silly perfectionism? Just not done something because I knew that it wouldn't be perfect. And that's today. Danya is 15 and she has figured out that it's okay to not be perfect. Good grief, when I was 15, I wouldn't have even gone out of the house with one hair out of place--which explains why I didn't get out much LOL--but to get up to sing with a croaky voice??? In front of other teenagers? Oh my goodness. No way. It's hard for me to even blog because I think it has to be perfect and that it will take too long for me to do it, so I just don't. And that's the truth. Tonight at our church we're having food, fun, and fellowship! I love it! Tonight we'll be watching a Christmas movie together. They were taking suggestions and I suggested, "A Very Brady Christmas" but no one went for it. So I don't know what we'll be watching. :) To return to my website, click here. |
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