For years God spoke to me about learning to play the piano. The truth is I had taken lessons when I was younger, but quit when I lost confidence and when my dreams lay dormant within me. I actually was so deceived by the enemy that I did not even realize my heart was no longer thriving and I was just existing.
Time after time God asked me to learn to play the piano. I always told Him know. With time my response changed from "no" to "but I don't even know how or where to begin." I failed to move or act upon the nudge of God in my life. But you see, I love music. Eventually I found that when I would listen to songs I could literally ONLY hear the piano! I could no longer say no or avoid God's nudge!
At the end of spring/start of summer last year I was working part-time in the mornings. One particular day I didn't have to go in to work until the afternoon, and so I went to PIHOP (Pasadena House of Prayer). God told me He was going to connect me with someone who could help me begin to learn to play again. I walk in while a woman is playing piano unto the Lord. I ask God if I can talk to her and He simply says. "No, she's not the one." She leaves and a man comes and plays piano for 2 hours. I ask God if I can talk to him, but He says to me, "No, he isn't the one either." So then another woman comes to play piano unto the Lord. I ask God if she is the one I am supposed to talk to, He tells me "Yes, she's the one."
Thump thump thump thump thump, my heart is beating. What am I going to even tell her!? Two hours pass and her set ends. I run to her and introduce myself, her name is Effie. I tell her about how God is speaking about learning to play the piano for Him and I need help knowing where to begin. She ends up telling me that she teaches piano, and just started a ministry partnership with her church where she gives lessons at an affordable rate. I was in awe of God. I hugged her and left to find the piano that YEARS before was packed away.
I met with Effie for 30 minutes a week for maybe a couple of months, only to stop when it came time for my to go to Kona to do my Fire and Fragrance DTS. It was the foundation that I needed. My greatest hesitation to learning to play again was not knowing where to begin, and God opened the perfect door.
From then on, playing piano and singing to God has been what has aligned me more and more with my Father. I never would have guessed that God would ask me to come to Washington, D.C. where I have the opportunity to worship Him with piano and voice in the center of our nation's capitol 6 nights/week. It's a privilege, it's a delight of my heart, it's part of who I am.
I look back at struggles, insecurity, successes, memories, etc and I see God's faithfulness. In the good and the bad, God has always been with me and for me. Healing takes a while but it's worth the process because you get to know God more intimately, and it makes for the sprouting of your dreams and passions to become all the more beautiful!
Pursue your passions, pursue your dreams, pursue the Lord. And remember that it is NEVER too late to start dreaming, to start living, to start pursuing your passions and what makes your heart come alive. Also, if God is continuously highlighting something to you (in my case learning to play piano), do not wait a couple of years like I did to actually step out and obey. I LOVE to play piano and sing and I wish I would have two more years of playing to the Lord, but I am thankful that I finally said yes. Say yes to God and watch your heart come alive.
Time after time God asked me to learn to play the piano. I always told Him know. With time my response changed from "no" to "but I don't even know how or where to begin." I failed to move or act upon the nudge of God in my life. But you see, I love music. Eventually I found that when I would listen to songs I could literally ONLY hear the piano! I could no longer say no or avoid God's nudge!
At the end of spring/start of summer last year I was working part-time in the mornings. One particular day I didn't have to go in to work until the afternoon, and so I went to PIHOP (Pasadena House of Prayer). God told me He was going to connect me with someone who could help me begin to learn to play again. I walk in while a woman is playing piano unto the Lord. I ask God if I can talk to her and He simply says. "No, she's not the one." She leaves and a man comes and plays piano for 2 hours. I ask God if I can talk to him, but He says to me, "No, he isn't the one either." So then another woman comes to play piano unto the Lord. I ask God if she is the one I am supposed to talk to, He tells me "Yes, she's the one."
Thump thump thump thump thump, my heart is beating. What am I going to even tell her!? Two hours pass and her set ends. I run to her and introduce myself, her name is Effie. I tell her about how God is speaking about learning to play the piano for Him and I need help knowing where to begin. She ends up telling me that she teaches piano, and just started a ministry partnership with her church where she gives lessons at an affordable rate. I was in awe of God. I hugged her and left to find the piano that YEARS before was packed away.
I met with Effie for 30 minutes a week for maybe a couple of months, only to stop when it came time for my to go to Kona to do my Fire and Fragrance DTS. It was the foundation that I needed. My greatest hesitation to learning to play again was not knowing where to begin, and God opened the perfect door.
From then on, playing piano and singing to God has been what has aligned me more and more with my Father. I never would have guessed that God would ask me to come to Washington, D.C. where I have the opportunity to worship Him with piano and voice in the center of our nation's capitol 6 nights/week. It's a privilege, it's a delight of my heart, it's part of who I am.
I look back at struggles, insecurity, successes, memories, etc and I see God's faithfulness. In the good and the bad, God has always been with me and for me. Healing takes a while but it's worth the process because you get to know God more intimately, and it makes for the sprouting of your dreams and passions to become all the more beautiful!
Pursue your passions, pursue your dreams, pursue the Lord. And remember that it is NEVER too late to start dreaming, to start living, to start pursuing your passions and what makes your heart come alive. Also, if God is continuously highlighting something to you (in my case learning to play piano), do not wait a couple of years like I did to actually step out and obey. I LOVE to play piano and sing and I wish I would have two more years of playing to the Lord, but I am thankful that I finally said yes. Say yes to God and watch your heart come alive.