First song ever

I wrote this song many years ago.  Or rather, it came to me as a gift.

It is the first song I ever wrote.  I was reading in Isaiah chapter 12 and started hearing this song in my mind.  I just started singing it.  It was such a special moment.  

I hurried over to my piano and started playing it.  My roommate came out to the living room and shared in this special moment.  We were both sort of awed by the whole thing.

I had been a professional accompanist working at the University of Delaware.  It was my first job after graduating with my Master's Degree from the Manhattan School of Music.  I was on the "classical music" track.

But God had other plans.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever want to be a songwriter.  That wasn't in the plan.  After all, I was a classically trained pianist.  But once I finished writing this song, "Isaiah 12," I was hooked.  I wanted to write more songs.

I was now a songwriter.

Did this mean I was to give up being a professional pianist?  I didn't see how the two fit together.

And yet through the years, I became my own accompanist, playing the piano, accompanying myself, as I sang my creations.

God doesn't waste anything.

Just because you do not use your gifts, talents, and education in the way you had planned or desired does not mean that you cannot use them in new ways.  Be open to how the Lord wants to use you, your gifts.

After all, He made you and knows exactly the best way for you to utilize your talents.  Ask Him to show you.  Or, like He did with me, maybe He will just show up in unexpected ways and surprise you.  

Let go of control and you may find yourself on a totally different life path.  The best is yet to be!

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