Dr. Bob Hatfield, our interim Minister of Music, was encouraging us during a particularly-long choir rehearsal recently. He said, "We don't want to offer to God something that hasn't cost us something. By working hard on our music and spending time practicing, our musical offering will mean so much more." King David first said similar words in 2 Samuel 24:24b - “… I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing” (2 Samuel 24:24b) In David's cas