Busy busy busy

I got a busy weekend coming up...

Firstly tomorrow (Saturday), I am leading worship at an event in Winchester called YouthQuake. This is a workshop / worship event that happens in Winchester Cathedral every couple of years and is run by a old friend of mine. I absolutely love leading worship - especially when I get to play with my band of merry men and women, who are just excellent at what they do. All in all it promises to be a really cool day and I am praying that we can really connect with the young people there and lead them into a place of worship.

I always find it quite hard the week leading up to events such as this - I am so aware of things that can distract me from doing the job I feel called to do. The thing the devil wants is for me to be feeling guilty or distracted about something as I go into this and so when things have been tough this week it has been tough to look immediately to God rather than get annoyed...or worse :) My heart for this event is that we as a bunch of worshippers can really engage with these young people as this can often be difficult when we don't know them and they don't know us. Really I just want to see God move - and pray that I don't get in the way.

The business doesn't stop there though - oh no. We get back from Winchester late on Saturday night and then on Sunday I am leading worship for a friend who is getting married in London (in fact we have a practise for this tomorrow before we leave for Winchester). Then I have to play in the evening reception in a funk band I play in called the FreeStyle Funk Collective. All in all, should be a great weekend of playing - but I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be ramped by the end of Sunday.

The best thing is that I get to see my wife on Sunday and I haven't seen her for a week while she has been staying with family due to a decorating situation here at home. All in all I am quite looking forward to this weekend...