“Move with an urgency that creates a movement. Engage in an adventure so compelling that it causes the awakening of others. In this moment, each of us will have to choose. Will you seize your divine moment or let it slip away? Will you choose to go to the left, or will you go to the right? When we play it safe, we squeeze God out of the formula.  If we go only where we know and do what we’re certain will succeed, we remove our need for God.  Whenever we take on a God-sized challenge, self-sufficiency is no longer an option.”             – Erwin McManus (Author, Seizing Your Divine Moment and Chasing Daylight)

Is there a “road less traveled” you have been inspired to investigate?  Or, perhaps you are already traveling down the road, and finding that sometimes it is like a sanctuary and at others it is like a desert? Having a perspective of “little by little” helps in making progress toward your dream. In the words of G.K. Chesterton, “The supreme adventure is being born. When we step into the world, it is like stepping into a splendid and startling trap. It is something we do not expect. When we step into a family we step into a fairytale. It is romantic, fantastic, colorful and sometimes unbelievable. Like a fairytale, it is a story. If there is a story, there is a storyteller. Each day is a new chapter.”

I had some composing time this morning to work on music for a new album. An idea that had been circling in my head was to create a unique arrangement based on the melody known as the Doxology.  It’s the one that goes “Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below.  Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.  Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.”  I knew the music was old, but I didn’t remember that it originated 460 years ago in 1551.  Wow.  It was amazing to think of what has happened in music since 1551, such as the invention of the piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy around 1700. I think I’m going to call the new arrangement “Blessings Flow.”