--At my Mom's House for a weekend away--

...and as I prayed, just laying there in bed, God showed me something amazing. He showed me an image of what I guess was my thought life and all the pollution that I had let in...but this one piece of "thought" or brain had not yet been inlfuenced or polluted by the world or my allowing myself to absord the things of the world. Around this untouched area were dozens of angels walking around the outside border dressed in bright white. I realized the more I looked at it, the more I understood, without ever hearing a word, what this meant. I had allowed coruption, and even sometimes pursued willing the coruption in the world to enter my eyes which in turn entered my brain and polluted what "innocence" it found there...making all but this little area of it corupted. "GUard this with all that you have Rob" is what I was feeling....."Take ever effort to make sure that you don't allow this last piece of your thought life to be overrun...do not pursue and be conformed any longer to the ways of this world, instead, be transformed by the RENEWING of your mind.."

What you read above, in more words or less, is about a moment I had 2 nights ago while I tossed and turned in bed, restless with anxiety. I began to pray and ask God to give me peace and rest. And then for some reason I began to ask God to search me and knew my anxious thoughts (Psalm 139)...and the above is what he showed me. I am guilty over and over again of pursuing the aveneues of the flesh. I have been sentenced to death just as many times by Satan...his lies have stolen my joy and my willingness to RUN AWAY. But praise God for His mercies are NEW every morning! This passage rings true this day...

O Lord how many my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me. Many are saying of my soul, 'There is no deliverance for him in God. But Thou O Lord art a shield about me, My Glory and the One who lifts my head. I was crying to the Lord with my voice, and He answered me from His holy mountain. I lay down and slept; i awoke, for the Lord sustains me. .:Psalm 3:3-5:.

Be Changed...

-Rob

Just got back from dropping my lovely wife off at work. You know you are in love when you take your wife to work at 4:00am!
Good news, I sent the unit that I recorded my piano CD on down to texas to get mixed and mastered. Now its just a waiting game to see if I did a good job recording it or if it just stinks! They samples I have gotten sound really clear so I hope everything goes ok! I cant wait to share it with everyone...but at the same time I am so nervous about it. Piano has always been my instrument of Passion...meaning I LOVE playing the guitar, but my passion lies in the piano. If you know me well then you know what I mean. I get lost in the piano and have been playing now for 19 years. Thats a long time, which makes me very old. Don't laugh, it's not funny. It has gotten so bad that I find myself looking in the mirror going "AHHHHHHHHHHHH!". Thats a bad thing.
Back to the Piano. Yeah, so I am nervous because I played the piano mostly in my solitary times of worship. It has never been that PUBLIC of an instrument for me. So, you should feel honored as I have taken the "secret" veil off and am getting ready to showcase a "taste" of what I play in those alone times. God bless you guys as you get a chance to listen!
If you want to help spread the word about 'Moments', you will be able to listen to 2 full length mp3's and high quality snippets of the rest of the songs. All you have to do is fill out our REP application on the REPS page above on the tool bar. Thanks and God bless! I'm going back to bed.

-Rob

I am sitting here working on MOMENTS, trying to get some mp3's up for people to listen to on the SIGHTS and SOUNDS page at www.wellwatermusic.com. I have a headache because I have had headphones on for so long they have grown into my ears and i might need to surgically have them removed...ouch. Anyway, things are moving right along with this album. I couldnt be more excited to release this. The only thing is, i set out to record a bunch of songs i had ALREADY WRITTEN, but instead I recorded a bunch of songs I had just made up on the spot as I recorded....should be intersteing...I wince at some of it because i decided to leave the mistakes as they came...so what you hear is what you get.....wow...what am I getting myself into!

Can things get much worse? Last night as Elise and I were driving home from doing some last minute shopping, her car decided to overheat. We had to call a friend to come get us and drive us back to the home we were staying at, while leaving Elise's car on the side of the freeway for a few hours to cool off. Later on we went and picked it up and things seemed ok. Also yesterday, I had parked my car in a FIRE LANE infront of the home we are staying at and it was given a WARNING notice. Not a big deal, just wont park there anymore. So, when we got home late last night I parked my car behind the car that was already in the driveway because there were no OPEN stalls left at the unit. The home owner we are staying with, got up this morning for work and moved my car RIGHT BACK INTO THE FIRE LANE!! How do I know this? Well, I go to get my car and realize that it had been TOWED AWAY!.
$212.47 later, Elise and I get the car, leaving us $13.00 in our bank account. Hmmm...not good. I am still trying to find the lesson in this...Ill probably BLOG something later with that.

Lord, teach me patience. Give me wisdom to use this as a learning opportunity for me and my wonderful wife. All we can ask for is that our most basic needs be met and nothing more. Forgive me for my weakness today that has been obvious through my words and actions. I lay aside my bitterness and frustration. Thank you Jesus.

-ROB

I lost my blog

The other day Rob finally inspired me to write a blog. After a LONG weekend of working Bumbershoot (a HUGE seattle music festival) I had a lot to share and spent about a half hour, writting around seven long paragraphs. As soon as I hit "post and publish," my post went into the abyss. Since then, I have struggled with motivation. Even now I type sceptically, for fear I might lose my ramblings for no reason.
Since being home from the tour, I have been fulfilling my addictions by working at Starbucks again. Okay, so the paychecks and health benefits are a plus. I have opted to work overtime this past week, since Starbucks was going to have 3 large booths at this music festival. Good OT, and good music. I worked main stage and had a blast. I heard Macy Gray the first day, and even made a hot chocolate for her. (I don't know who told her it was okay to have milk before singing. But, I guess in her position, she can do what she wants..) And let me tell you, she was incredible live! She hit a range I didn't know she could. Wow!

Sunday at the festival was hip-hop day. I am not "up" on that scene too much, but had a great time dancing around while passing out drinks to people. Black Eyed Peas where very talented. They were the group who had a "real" drumset. (I can totally respect that!) What impressed me most was the song "where is the love?" Not that I agree upon every lyric in the song (not real familiar with it) but it was amazing to see a crowd of people who did not know Jesus, yet sang a line from Scripture about turinging the other cheeck (something we christians seem to ignore) and then to hear them sing "Father Father, help us from above and guide..." etc. Even though the crowd was pasionately singing along, I think somethine moved them. Perhaps because for an instance they were singing to their Creator. Just a cool think to witness.

Yesterday was Nickel Creek. That was the best day there. Beside the fact that I was on my 8th day working in a row (dead tired) I got to hear them warm up and then later on play their hearts out. What talent! While they were sound checking, I gave their sound guy a Jacob's Well CD. I thought it could be a nice gift. Tee hee.. I really enjoyed the quality that they were live. I can only imagine how hard that would be to hear all four instruments and harmonies in the outdoors, even with the best sound monitors. But they were incredible! (And afterward, I got to make two coffee frappuccinos for them.) :) It was a hot day and I'm sure it helped.

Okay, for fear I might lose my words, I better stop now...............

Elise Loomis (aka Loomie G! yo, WORD!)