About a month ago, a girlfriend of mine volunteered to lead worship for a women’s group at another friend’s church. She was quite nervous, as she is is relatively new to the guitar and has never led group worship before.
Well, after it was over, she sent me this email. It’s just adorably hilarious, so I thought I’d share it with you.
Oh, and the parentheticals are all hers. That’s her title, too. I didn’t change a thing!
Here it is:
“Well, mission accomplished.
“I managed to play (stumble) through my songs and conquer (mask) my inadequacies as a musician/singer. My voice sounded pretty good (slightly harsh) and I did not crack (that I was able to remember after the sheer adrenaline rush) and thank heavens (God) for my exceedingly loud voice (which I cannot control) because although I chose songs that everybody knew, nobody sang loud enough to be heard by me (over my exceedingly loud voice, that is) in the small living room of the house. Singing loud helped me to overcome my fears (mask my nervousness and yet mysteriously make it evident at the same time), but oh, well, what CAN one do??
“My friend told me that worship was ‘awesome’ (which I accepted with great suspicion) and failed to tell me what everyone else thought (which I accepted with complete understanding). However, she did mention that if I just kept on doing a few familiar songs rather than mixing it up, the women would ‘soon get used to my style’ (accept the fact that I am loud and play roughly as well as loud). This, of course, worried me and did nothing for my self esteem in this area, as I never saw myself with any particular type of ‘style’ and wondered what EXACTLY she meant. So I chalked the comment up to a polite way of saying, ‘Keep it simple, my friend, because you suck and everyone was ultimately taken aback by your “style” and your loud — GOOD GOD, OH SO LOUD voice.’
“I guess God made me (obliviously) bold. Love and blessings —“
Oh, I like your friend a lot! She sounds just like I might sound if I ever got the courage to sing alone with my guitar in church again. I did it a few years ago, and haven’t had the guts to do it again. If she lived near me we would probably make a great duo!