Sing Praise!

(See editor's note below)

I am determined to use my talents to further God's Kingdom. It is a decision I made on Sept. 12, 2001, when I cancelled the last gig on my calendar. It was scheduled for Sept. 14, somewhere in Connecticut with Roger Guimond's Bellydancer. With what the world was going through, there was no way I was going to cross the Tapan Zee bridge to spend the night in a smokey bar singing Bobbie McGee.

For the past decade, I have reserved my singing for God only. I've sang in different churches, learned all new songs, written a new album's worth of new material and met many amazing people along the way. My walk hasn't been perfect. And it hasn't been very fast, but if you put enough baby steps together, you can cover a lot of ground.

As I made the bold decision to leave my paying job, God assured me that He Will Provide. I know, it might sound like crazy talk, saying I asked the Creator of the Universe to give me concrete direction and he obliged. You might call it a coincidence — not more than 15 minutes after I asked God for a sign, I got an email inviting me to sing at the GEMS conference — but I've experienced too many coincidences to believe in random chance anymore.

I don't have a specific big goal in mind. I just want to use my talents to sing God's praises and to go where He leads me. If you need a singer, please think of me. And also, please like my new Facebook page. I hope to start posting songs and videos there soon. (For now it's just links to Rambling Rebecca!)

Thank you all for the encouragement and support!

**This post was originally posted on my main blog last month.