Dear younger me

So…Dear younger me, you should read what Joel Houston said in the Jun. 15, 2015 edition of CCM: “[Our craft] should be excellent. The church makes excuses for excellence because we claim it’s about the show or the performance. Unfortunately, I’ve participated in it. There are times I’ve been more consumed that something looks good than it being appropriate for where we are or what we are trying to do. It doesn’t work. People see right through it. You can switch on the TV, go to a conference or see Hillsong in different services and sometimes it’s not right. Something is off.

“Then you can step into something that on the outside sounds like the worst music you’ve ever heard, but there is something powerful about it. That’s what we chase after with worship. In The Message, Psalm 51 reads, Going through the motions doesn’t please you, a flawless performance is nothing to you. I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice. To me, that’s what excellence is, understanding our position of brokenness but still choosing to come with the sacrificial heart toward God that is a part of us doing the best with what is in our hands.”

Blessings,