Singing at Church

Every July, our choir goes on "vacation." That means we have four weeks of solos. The email went out for volunteers. I don't travel as much in July, so I usually say yes.

I have been working on this one since about early May. I was very excited because the words mean so much to me, but it is not a "sacred" song. You can hear it on the radio, and if I knew how, I would put it in here. It is "Anyway" by Martina McBride. It is based on a prayer by Mother Theresa. I have the words below.

I usually only sing at the second service. But this time they asked me to sing at both. I am a ham so okay, but geez 8:30 am is early to be ready to sing! I got there early which is enough of a miracle to scare God, but little did I know. The organist had called in sick!! I was sitting there thinking and praying. Okay, God, What do you want me to do?? The first service is very small in attendance, so they hold it in the chapel. I looked around and decided I would sing a capella. The show must go on!! Actually, I really felt moved to praise God so I did.

The organist showed up for the second service. They also gave me a mike. Which is good because the sanctuary has vaulted ceilings. Mom, Dad, Grandmother, my sister, my hubby and of course my beautiful daughter were there. As soon as I stood up to go singing, the little one started to cry..........She stood on the chair and cried through my whole song!!! I just looked her in the eye and kept going. I thought maybe on some inner level, she can hear the words. Or maybe because the song is called Anyway.....

I know the first service was much better than the second, but I enjoyed singing. I felt good that maybe someone would hear the words and be touched to feel God in their life.

As promised:
You can spend your whole life building
Something from nothin'
One storm can come and blow it all away
Build it anyway

You can chase a dream
That seems so out of reach
And you know it might not ever come your way
Dream it anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I pray
It doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anywayI do it anyway

This world's gone crazy
It's hard to believe
That tomorrow will be better than today
Believe it anyway

You can love someone with all your heart
For all the right reasons
In a moment they can choose to walk away
Love 'em anyway

God is great
But sometimes life ain't good
And when I prayIt doesn't always turn out like I think it should
But I do it anyway
Yea - I do it anyway

You can pour your soul out singing
A song you believe in
That tomorrow they'll forget you ever sang
Sing it anyway
Yea, sing it anyway
Yeah, yeah!
I sing
I dream
I love anyway