Our Job

Being a musician takes a lot of work! J and I always have more on our schedule than we have time to do - or maybe it's because it's the holidays and there are too many distractions - but we are both hard workers and will make it all happen.

It was kind of depressing me tonight... Not many people who look at us think we can be who we see ourselves being - and I think it's because they've forgotten to dream themselves. We are going to be famous for making a difference in people's lives; we are going to be role models cooler and realer than the people you look up to on TV, cooler than the crew in Ocean's Eleven, because we are Real and they are fictional characters. We are going to lead worship for Creation Conference and for the coming revival and write songs to inspire thousands of people, Christian and non-Christian alike. We are going to run a chain of homes and shelters for runaways and prostitutes and raise awareness of the sex slave trade and its evils. We are going to write books - fiction and non-fiction, for children and adults - to proclaim the Good News of the finished work of the Cross. We are going to show the world what it's like to live lives fully committed to following the Holy Spirit's leading and walking in His fruits. We are going to show people how to listen to God's voice.

This is a high calling - an extremely high calling. I don't want to take it lightly. A lot of good people give us a lot of good advice, but we have to decide which directions to go and what constitutes "good" advice and what will side track us from our main goals. We need to understand marketing concepts; we need to look at our long-term goals and short-term goals, constantly re-evaluating our progress, making our deadlines, and creating new daily agendas; we need to be constantly advertising ourselves, who we are and what we do; we need to keep sharpening our skills and being sure we have the best "product" we possibly can; we need to keep writing songs, practicing our instruments, exercising our voices, getting ourselves in the public eye; we need to keep writing inspirational blogs, doing research on many different topics, keeping up with YouTube and podcasts and blogging and the fads within them; and, most importantly, we need to be the best "J" and the best "Kay" we can possibly be. We need to work on our relationship and our communication with each other every day, and on our walk with Jesus.

There's a lot to get done, but a lot more of it is working on who we are; we are, in effect, "selling ourselves" as we let the public into our personal lives.

Following Jesus isn't supposed to be "easy"... but on the other hand, it is, because He carries the load of the stress and tells us simply to follow His leadership. Just do what the Boss says and it will all go perfectly! He is the best Boss we could possibly have - He loves us more than anyone ever could and wants us to succeed more than we do! He has us doing what we love and being who He created us to be every second of every day.

Who could ask for more than that?

- Kay