I Can't Stop

I have a problem. Well, it's not really a problem, maybe it's just a quirk. OK, maybe not a quirk exactly, maybe it's just a quality. OK, I guess it's really more than only a quality, because it's all-encompassing. I mean, it is so all-encompassing that I just can't stop. I mean, I really can't stop.

I can't stop making music.

Morning, noon, afternoon, night...during conversations, as I read, as I think, as I drive, as I go about everyday stuff, as I play with my kids, on the odd occasion I talk on the phone, as I drift off to sleep...I am always thinking about, feeling, enjoying, trying out, making up music.

I can't stop.

I'm so glad I don't have to stop!

I'm also so grateful that the Lord has brought me to a place in my life where I can be surrounded by music constantly...I am blessed beyond measure to have the opporutnity to sing, play, create, teach, mentor, enjoy music throughout each day. I am blessed beyond measure to have a husband with similar gifts. I am blessed to have friends who love the same thing I do, and with whom I can share this love. I am blessed to have the opportunity to share music with a youth band who help me stay excited and stay current! I am blessed beyond measure to have such constant immersion in something I love so much.

These lips will always sing new songs. These hands will always play...and if someday these lips and hands can no longer offer up music, my heart will still sing.

I just can't stop.