I asked Zach for an interesting blog topic and he said, "tell people you sing terribly." Sometimes I'll sing in the car. My kids plead with me not to sing when they have friends in the car - for some reason that is often when the best songs come on the radio. I don't mind that singing is not one of my strengths. It was clear already in 5th or 6th grade when I went to the band director for a pre-band interview. After trying a couple of different instruments, the director said, "Maybe band isn't for you, enjoy study hall."
It is easy to tell people I am not very talented musically because I really do not care. There are other areas of life where I have lots of opportunity to learn where admitting weakness is not that easy. Sometimes I want people to see me as an expert regardless of what I actually know. Yesterday in my quiet time, I read Zephaniah 2.3 "... seek humility..." I guess I have a lot to learn from music and singing.
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