Rewards?

I think I am finally understanding a little more about what rewards are. Or, at least what one really feels like. Right now I am blessed to be leading music at Awana at Immanuel baptist. It's basically singing songs with a bunch of kids. The first couple of times I was really feeling pressured for just the right songs, playing the guitar just so...the feedback was minimal. After all a majority of the kids are too young to read! We are about 7 or 8 weeks into it and those kids have remembered most of the words to the songs!!! Wow! Kids are just amazing. What a reward to be able to hear all those little voices singing praises to God...it's awesome.

So, I still want to play well an pick the right songs, but the pressure feels lifted. Another reward!!

I am so glad the pastor asked me to do this. I am starting to understand a little more about love and service...and the rewards involved. No, it's not about the reward since I know that so much of what we do is either done without reward (which is fine), rewarded in heaven, or not worthy of a reward due to impure motives or what ever...but, in THIS situation, I have a newly realized reward that I probably would not have considered a reward before I did this.

That probably doesn't make any sense. I guess it doesn't have to.

:-)