No More High School

So I have graduated from high school.  I will no longer grace the hallways of Trinity Academy as a student, and that’s awesome.  Yet, what now?  I’ve got 2.5 months before I head off to Minneapolis for college, but I haven’t really decided what I want to do with my summer.

My first focus: God.  Tonight, I need to sit down and come up with a game plan of how I want my spiritual life to look.  Summer has, in years past, been a time to waste the days away, to stay up late, and to play video games.  I don’t want to look back on these months and find no accomplishments.  I don’t want to be another Christian who has found value in pursuing everything but the Lord.

Next, I want to grow in music.  I’ve been playing saxophone for a number of years now, and I’ve also begun to explore guitar and piano.  I want to start taking formal saxophone lessons again, but I also want to increase my skills on the other two instruments.  My cousin Daniel has offered to give me piano lessons, and I know some people who are ridiculously good at guitar who could possibly give me lessons.

I’m not looking for teachers who have the Midas Touch; I just need someone to give me a prescription for success.  I remember when I first borrowed my cousin Daniel’s Takamine Jasmine guitar.  He told me to do two things: to practice my strumming for hours on end and to buy a book with tabs for every guitar chord known to man.  I simply followed his direction, and now I’m a solid-enough guitar player that I can bring a band together and lead worship.  Some time, I’ll have to share why I ever began this pursuit.

Next, I need to get to working.  Today has seen no productivity.  Tomorrow is a new day with the Lord’s new mercies.  I can’t wait.

~ by demo318 on May 18, 2009.