![]() It’s because you have a high priest over the house of God, who has gone before you with His own blood to make a way for you to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. It’s not by the church you attend or your family heritage. Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS | More How to Find Grace to Help in Time of Need Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I left the truck in 4-wheel drive all the way through the cities and made it just in time to have my appointment in Mankato. The truck immediately came out of the snow, and I was on my way to Mankato. He told me to turn my wheels to the right, put it in gear, and give it the gas when he started to pull. I rolled down the window and said, “Are you an angel?” He did not answer, but said, “I don’t know if I can pull you out with my SUV, but we can give it a try.” He had a long strap used for towing in the back of his vehicle, which he hooked to the frame of my truck. Suddenly I looked up and there was a man at the window. This time I used a few more words, which I do not remember, but in essence I said, “Help Lord!” I got out and put the truck in 4-wheel drive, but it would not budge, as the snow was up to the frame all around.īeing late for a very important appointment in Mankato, which I had scheduled to coincide with my plans to haul garage items, I did not have time to wait for a tow truck. Somehow I landed in the median between 35W and 35E in a bank of snow. I simply cried out, “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!,” as the truck was spinning around on the busy highway. I didn’t have time to compose a polished prayer. I was right at the division between 35W and 35E north of the Twin Cities when I totally lost control of my vehicle. I was driving back to Mankato with my 1990 Ford F150 pickup for a final load of items from our garage when my truck spun out on the interstate highway I35. ![]() ![]() So to conlude, my point is that sometimes it can benefit us to look again at our own ideas and self-imposed rules because breaking them just once in a while might turn out to be something special.All have us experienced those times when we cry out for help in time of need!ĭuring our move from Mankato to Scandia, Minnesota, I experienced one of those times. The energy in the song is amazing and is kept alive over the middle eight bars with the clapping (no step I might add - one thing at a time)! Our hard work in practice paid off, the clapping was completely in time and was again at the next rehearsal. So last week we tried it out on the understanding that we'd only do it if we all stayed together - this would be my call from the front, as I wasn't about to name and shame any poor singers who couldn't quite get the timing right and I certainly didn't want my singers to start pointing them out! In fact without any interaction from the singers in this eight bars, the song feels like it loses momentum. ![]() In the middle, there are eight bars just crying out for some clapping. Now let me be clear, I don't intend on this being a regular occurance in the performance of our repertoire and for many pieces I don't think it would work, but I have an upbeat song that we're using in an outdoor summer festival performance. What I noticed is that over time, these skills have improved and, given the right song in the right environment, I thought maybe this wouldn't be such a bad idea. So why am I admitting to you now that I've relented and included some movement in our upcoming performance? Well, firstly I've been working on some exercises in warm-up sessions over the last few months which involved stepping and clapping. If you use movement or have experimented with it in warm-ups then you'll probably know what I'm talking about - even a simple 'step-clap' can often look like a total mess. This stems primarily from my belief that the piece has to be vocally perfected first, but most importantly because any movement requires every single singer to be absolutely in time. I know I've talked in past choir-leading articles about my reluctance to include any sort of movement as part of my choir's performances.
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