And that\u2019s all I could see.\u00a0The drudgery of practice.<\/p>\n
The songs she taught me didn\u2019t help.\u00a0Go Tell Aunt Rhody, On Top of Old Smoky, Red River Valley<\/em>\u2026. Drudgery.<\/p>\n And the lesson time wasn\u2019t a real treat.\u00a0Lectures on better fingering and callous development.\u00a0Drudgery.<\/p>\n Learning guitar required discipline on my part.<\/p>\n Discipline without direction is drudgery.<\/p>\n When I went to college,<\/strong> something happened. I had a roommate who played the guitar.\u00a0I mentioned that I always wanted to play, and he said, \u201cI\u2019ll teach you.\u201d<\/p>\n I said, \u201cThat will be drudgery.\u201d<\/p>\n He said, “No, it won\u2019t.\u00a0I\u2019ll teach you well enough that you can make a tape and send it to Laurel.”<\/p>\n Suddenly, I saw purpose in the discipline.\u00a0I had a direction: Learn to play well enough to play for your girlfriend!<\/p>\n And I learned to play.<\/p>\n Seeing myself playing the guitar on the back porch for Laurel \u2013 that was a direction I wanted to head.<\/p>\n My roommate gave me a direction that took away the drudgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n I wish I could do that for you, in terms of corporate worship. I wish I could help you see yourself after a decade of prioritizing corporate worship.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t do that, but you can.<\/p>\n Look at Christians whose faith you admire.\u00a0You can have that.<\/p>\n Look at that man of prayer you wish you were like.\u00a0You can be that guy.<\/p>\n Look at that person who walked through the Valley of the Shadow of Death without fear.\u00a0You can do that.<\/p>\n Look at that woman whose children respect and admire her.\u00a0You can be her.<\/p>\n Part of making that happen is prioritizing corporate worship.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This podcast talks about how we can do this.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/corporateworship.jpg\")
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