Focus

In addition to loving music, one of my other great passions is photography. Over the past few years, I've developed quite an obsession with all things related to photography -- buying equipment, reading articles, trying new things to improve my skills.

You don't have to have a great knowledge of photography to know that focus is an essential ingredient for a quality photo. Some of my favorite photos have the subject in sharp focus in the foreground and a blurred background (referred to as bokeh). Here's an example:





Do you see how Sadie is in focus in the foreground and everything else is blurred in the background?

We can and should apply this same technique to worship. Our focus should be on Him alone. Sometimes that includes the words "I" and "me" referring to our love of Him or our desire to know Him more, etc. But the focus should be on Him.

I recently came across a video clip of Jennie Lee Riddle who wrote the song "Revelation Song." Like many of you, this is one of my favorite songs to lead in worship. In the video, she talks about how she had gotten tired of so many worship songs with "I" or "me" as the focus. She was inspired to pen a song focused on the One who is worthy of our sharp focus.

If you have a few minutes and want to hear what she has to say, take a look here -- Song Story: Revelation Song.

blessings~

Kresta