14-Year-Old Boy Plays Violin Over Video Chat For Mom On Ventilator - Inspirational Videos

As you watch this 14-year-old boy play violin over video chat for his mom on a ventilator, your eyes will well up with tears, and his music will stir your soul.

Leaning toward the vision of his mother in a hospital bed in Texas fighting for her life on a ventilator, you can almost feel the depth of their connection and his care for her..

It’s been said that music is “hailed for its soothing abilities.” So, 14-year-old Emillian Sosa is picking up this banner of faith, over Zoom...that a touching melody will help his mom win her battle with COVID-19.

The song he plays is the legendary “I Surrender All,” by Judson W. Van DeVenter, who wrote it as a personal testimony. Van DeVenter’s work is treasured by many, including the Rev. Billy Graham who gathered with other fellow students in Van DeVenter’s home in the 1930s for inspiration.

Van DeVenter shares that for a long time, he “struggled between developing my talents in the field of art and going into full-time evangelistic work. At last the pivotal hour of my life came, and I surrendered all...God had hidden a song in my heart, and touching a tender chord, he caused me to sing.”

More than 60 of Van DeVenter's powerful originals populate our 20th-century hymnals, but "I Surrender All" (1896) is his most famous.

How moving that this beloved hymn is being played today from the heart of a young student of music. In a small kitchen sanctuary, he offers the gift of his violin music to uplift the mother he loves.

As COVID-19 continues to create a world of unknowns, we can know one thing: caring for loved ones is a song we share, that can bring healing to us all.

“He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the LORD and put their trust in him.” Psalm 40:3