My son drove to Reno with his uncle and cousin last night. I must have been holding my breath. Because when I talked to him this morning on the phone and he told me they made it safely and were off to a breakfast of steak and eggs, I exhaled. Loudly.
He told me he would send pictures. I told him to have fun and be safe. And I said a prayer.
We never stop worrying about our kids do we? He is 23. So I have been worrying about him for 23 years. My daughter is 25. She is married now. I feel that she has someone to look out for her. But then when my son is safe, I worry that I am not worrying about her! And then I worry about my son-in-law, and the rest of my family.
But I have decided to give my anxiety to God. He is bigger than all my trouble.
I am still glowing from the music of yesterday. After our performance at the music club, I taught students and then had choir practice. The choir I accompany is working on the Mozart Requiem.
So my day was bookended with sublime music. And I was quite focused. I think I am getting better at releasing my worries to God so that I can stay present.
After all, music is a very in the moment activity. Must stay present and focused! I try to lose myself, and imagine that I am just a vessel which the music flows through.
Today I am going to Salem to have Indian food. Umm...well, really I am going to Salem to teach. But I look forward to my Indian buffet lunch!
My hymn of the day is "What Wondrous Love is This". I am going out of order in my hymn book. But I was flipping through, and this one fits my soul today.
What Wondrous Love is This
Words: Anonymous
Music: "WONDROUS LOVE" from William Walker's Southern Harmony, 1836
1 What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul,
to bear the dreadful curse for my soul?
2 When I was sinking down, sinking down, sinking down,
when I was sinking down, sinking down;
when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.
when I was sinking down, sinking down;
when I was sinking down beneath God's righteous frown,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my soul,
Christ laid aside his crown for my soul.
3 To God and to the Lamb, I will sing, I will sing,
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing;
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM -
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
while millions join the theme, I will sing.
to God and to the Lamb, I will sing;
to God and to the Lamb who is the great I AM -
while millions join the theme, I will sing, I will sing;
while millions join the theme, I will sing.
4 And when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and through eternity I’ll sing on.
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing on;
and when from death I’m free, I’ll sing and joyful be,
and through eternity, I’ll sing on, I’ll sing on,
and through eternity I’ll sing on.
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