Sing us a song

When we began Creativity Encouraged we wanted it to be a place where people would find encouragement in their lives for whatever they are doing creatively. We didn't feel the group should be about artists because not everyone considers themselves an artist but everyone is creative in some way or another. I'm not even saying that people have the same amount of creative talent either but everyone is still creative.

One of the things I felt the Lord really pressing into me was the piano. I started playing classical piano in third grade. I began playing because two of my best friends started playing so I said, "why not me?" Their interest in piano quickly died off and mine was dying too. After they decided to quit I didn't have much of a desire to play either but something happened when I told my parents I was ready to stop taking lessons. They told me plain and simple, "We didn't raise a quitter." We talked and my parents told me that I should stick with it for awhile longer and if I still didn't like it then I could stop playing. Well, I loved it and continued playing through high school up until college.

With college I stopped playing all together. Sadly, I wish that hadn't happened. God placed on my heart a real appreciation for music and reminded me of it often through school. Last summer I felt that the Lord was going to give me the opportunity in my schedule to begin playing agin after VLI was finished. That opportunity came last week. I had my first lesson in almost 15 years. I'm pretty rusty especially since I'm making the switch from classical to jazz but I have to say that I'm pretty exicted at the opportunity. I know that God wants to use this for His glory and I continue to pray that He will. I want to use this to shine light on Him, not myself.

My word of encouragement to everyone is that God is a God of a second chance... and third, and forth, and fifth... and ten thousand two hundred and twenty first...