I live in Canada i'm 20 years old, I've played piano since i was 5 years old. I wanted to become a professional pianist, but I think God had other plans about that.
I kept fighting and fighting, wanting my own will over his own. Eventually I got to a point in my life where I was on top of my game, I was playing the highest level of piano, performing 3-4 hours a week getting paid $50/hour while i performed for crowds of hundreds. I really thought I was on the fast track to going places, and then God stuck. I only cared about my plan, which was to become a famous pianist.
God wants something else from me. So I got something called Paricarditous. It's the inflammation of the outer sack of the heart, EXTREMLY painful. It stopped me dead in my tracks as I was hospitolized..not once...not twice...but three times, I kept getting it over and over. Part of the sickness effects your muscle system, so my arms got very weak, and I could not play piano the same way anymore.
I lost all the conditioning I had done on them, and quickly developed tendentious in both my arms. I also got ulcers etc, and really hit a low point...I rejected got even more after all this happened for close to a year, but then I found God, and I heard his voice.
Now i LOVE God, and I want to serve him, and do the work he has for me:) That's when I started making these video lessons on how to play piano, so that I could share my knowledge of music with other future worship leaders to help train up God's army!
This is by no means the full story, I've compressed about 3 years of events into a VERY short space. Anyway, God bless ^_^
A Prayer for a Courageous Soul - Your Daily Prayer - April 26
We have been given a remarkable gift through God and His redemption story. Not only have we received eternal life with our Creator, but we have received courage in Christ that will change the trajectory of our lives and the lives of those around us forever.