God shall supply!

It's amazing how God first placed that desire to make music in me as a little kid. I remembered the fun I had making my own "musical instruments" like drums and mostly string instruments made with cardboards and vibrating strings. I would pluck the strings (pizzicato) and pretend I was making great music. Perhaps it was an early influence from my then still robust and healthy grand father who played the erhu (chinese "violin") often during the lazy afternoons in my pre-school days.

Eventually grandpa became very ill with diabetes and after an amputation just below the knee cap he was confined to his bed (cum toilet) for more than a decade and eventually passed on due to renal failure. Now I wondered what could have happened if someone or anyone would place in his hands the erhu that he used to play. Would it helped him feel better, making music, expressing his sorrow and pain and agony and hope rather than being mostly angry, frustrated and depressed. I was too young to comprehend then the power of music in healing the body mind and soul.

Now that i am acquainted with my violin and had started to seriously coach rachel in this wonderful instrument, I am depending on God to help me excel in both. I have also started to plan and document our lessons be it academics, art and music. I believe this 2009, the dextos year of the Lord, the year of abundant, profuse blessings and salvations, we will venture very far and advance much academically, musically and in fine arts. Spiritually, we will grow in leaps and bounds experiencing and enjoying God's abundant grace and favour.

In fact, last night when i could not sleep a wink (had afternoon coffee), after some prayer, i ended up listening to all the songs from Suzuki vol 1 to 5 (72 in total). Coupled with the many child prodigies videos that i had watched in you tube earlier in the same day, I could not help but wished I am more talented.

"God i am lacking in talent" i resigned within me as i drifted into sleep at around 2am.

This morning my devotional was "where there is a lack, there is superabundant supply in God's kingdom to overcome that lack. God's supply is so much more than what we can ask for."


Philippians 4:19
"And my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
yes..musical talent included. amen.