When faced with a dream...

So a few days ago I found myself browsing the 'musicians wanted' section of craigslist. I find my self doing this every six months or so. It's not usual that I find an ad worth responding to, so this request from 'a Christian alternative band' shouldn't have been too exciting; but it was.

I responded and the next day I got a response. Jon is the singer of this band called Lystra, he told me that the band was moving to Kentucky very shortly. They had decided to move out there and they have a duplex lined up that they will share with two of the member's parents. Old people in one half of the building, stinky young lifes in the other. They had already paid a whopping chunk of money to record with a producer who has helped record, mix, and/or master tracks for projects like Neil Diamond and Muse. After recording they are considering an extensive self funded national tour while the newly recorded album is being critiqued by record label snobs.

This was a dream come true... it seemed.

I had a somewhat audition and the possibilities were there. The singer liked my playing and thought I would mesh well with the other band members. I hung out at there empty apartment with he and his wife until it felt right to leave. We quickly set up a more suitable audition for this upcoming Sunday. I went home still unsure if this was what God wanted for my life. My Mom was praying for God's will, my Dad praying for me not to leave (haha) and Alicia saying, without saying, that she was severely irritated that I would even consider this.

I went to bed and thought about it, and continued to pray for God's guidance. As I was laying there it just hit me all of a sudden. I'm 21, for any other career still young, for music getting to old. If it's God's will for me to be a gigging, no food in my stomach musician he will make it clear the band I am to join. I wish Lystra the best, they are full of potential, unfortunately for me, I can't give up the blessings God has given me for mere potential.