Household Harmony

I'm a worship gal - I can sing with people, provide some cool harmonies, lead from time to time, and *tickle the ivories* with reasonable accuracy...I can eat, sleep, and breathe music and worship - almost to a literal point! I am thankful I know where my little spot is in the whole workings of the "churched" lifestyle, but how is that helping anyone else? Is it reaching the right people?

If I'm jamming to my set for the week on the MP3 player I swiped from my son, I can zoom around the house like a nut, making stops as I pass my music to make notes on what sounds or measure counts are important. With all that enjoyment, it makes me wonder about my family - is that same rush what my husband gets out of defeating someone at chess or my kids get from being "guitar hero" champs? What's their "fix"?

Is it healthy?

Am I caring for them the same way I care about my music?

I guess that's why I finally joined a bible study to force a wake up call- to figure out how to be more than ordinary - I want memorable. I want my family to recall lots of times that doing ordinary things were better because Leif and I were there with them. I want them to leave home confident in who they are, and comfortable to come back to visit without dread...
I want them to recall the regular routine as something more special than ordinary because they know they were and are loved. I want them to have something of their own that fills the space in them that music does for me and for God to make it happen - not just random chance.

Since I want more, I have to set an example of making more out of every day...and that's not an area of strength for me, thus the year commitment to change that.
Here goes bite #1 on my proverbial elephant!