Music Day Tomorrow (Tuesday)

You know that break I said I would give myself when I mailed out all the thank you packages for 2010 contributions? Well, it never came. There is just so much work to do, and tomorrow I am not doing anything but music. I can't wait! We are working on the arrangements for "Soon And Very Soon", "Through It All" and "No More Prisoner Of Yesterday" at 11:00, and at 3:00 I am working with my pianist on "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "Almost Like Being In Love". I am so thankful for the way music fills up my heart. I am three songs away from having my next Christian album done, and the music from the 50s with only the piano is so beautiful that every note Bill, the pianist, plays inundates me with emotion. We are still looking for a place to rehearse with a piano. In the meantime, Bill brings his keyboard here, and we go to the clubhouse room in my building to work out arrangements. He is going to write a strings part for "He Looked Beyond My Fault (And Saw My Need)" and real violins are going to be so pretty, I don't know if I can stand hearing them on that song! I'm so thankful that God is giving me back the music I gave up for Him. (It is too strange for the world to understand, but He knows....) I guess that is why I can sing "Through It All" (by Andre Crouch) with all my heart now. What a gift! I may not have a lot of things I would like to have, but "as for me the nearness of God is my good," and HE IS GOOD and fills me with peace. It is a gift like nothing anyone on earth can give, that is for sure--the peace of a close walk with God within my heart. I pray He will protect my path and always keep me close to Him, no matter the cost.