CHOIR PRACTICE
Today's reading: Revelation 12-17

We've met almost every Sunday afternoon since October. We've braved the ice to join our voices. We've noted in our books how long we hold and when we cut it off short. We have reviewed and reviewed some of the hardest parts.

Practice is tough. Training our voices to hit the highs and sink to the lows takes discipline. Remembering which part, especially if it's a solo, we're not to sing is a daunting task. When to sing quietly and when to raise the roof with our voice takes paying attention to detail. Watching the music leader instead of the congregation is a lesson in self-control.

But we've done it! We're ready for a beautifully, wonderful Christmas Sunday morning service. We're prepared, practiced and prayed up, to minister in voice.

This morning though, I'm excited to tell you about a choir I'm singing in that'll top the one this Sunday...

"This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty-four elders. And no one could learn this song except those 144,000 who had been redeemed..." Revelation 14:3 NLT

You see, I've not had to pass an audition, learn sheet music or be liked by the conductor--I'm in because I've been redeemed by the Blood of Christ!

La, la, la, la....