tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103134789913258118.post10332428628999811..comments2023-06-21T03:56:54.623-05:00Comments on The White Woods: Lately...Leahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12468406901070706858noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103134789913258118.post-56083207279879855592010-02-17T13:06:29.773-06:002010-02-17T13:06:29.773-06:00Oh Leah, I loved reading this post! Thank you SO ...Oh Leah, I loved reading this post! Thank you SO MUCH for sharing what your mom wrote about God helping you at the piano - the same thing happens to me when I pray before I play, and now I know why! God is so good!<br /><br />The post was so not-silly, either - the heart lessons we learn may seem trivial, but they are so NOT trivial - they are the work of God in our hearts, which is always an amazing thing! Thank you! :-)Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772788870094174443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103134789913258118.post-83533421669258515162010-02-04T19:36:37.848-06:002010-02-04T19:36:37.848-06:00I totally understand the crunch for a Senior recit...I totally understand the crunch for a Senior recital...been there, done that, I just don't have the t-shirt! I too have learned to pray before I play a piece...I don't always do it before I practice, but I always do it before I play in front of people. I've learned that it calms my nerves, and I say, "God, it's up to You, if You want me to do well then please allow me to glorify You, and if You want me to do badly, then please let me learn what You have for me through that."<br />I'm so glad to see how the Lord is working in your life. He's been doing a lot of pruning in mine as well. Mainly He has been teaching me faith and trust. I'm learning that I don't have to see the big picture, I have to rely on Him to make a way.Hannah Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02344120531509237415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103134789913258118.post-88938650465842027042010-02-04T16:04:10.780-06:002010-02-04T16:04:10.780-06:00Leah, that was sooo encouraging, especially about ...Leah, that was sooo encouraging, especially about what your mom said when you were frustrated about playing the piano, and it seeming like God wasn't answering your prayer. That has happened to me a lot, not just with piano, but also violin, and I've wondered "WHY?"! When I read what your mom said, I was like "duuuuhhhh" too!!! I can't believe I missed it...:) <br />The Lord has been teaching me lately to be slow to speak; to listen more than I talk! :-/ Our pastor preached on that last Sunday and it has really been in my mind since then.<br />I'm praying for you! :)<br />~Bethany~Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952216823933053919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3103134789913258118.post-64707629615110096622010-02-04T14:35:57.024-06:002010-02-04T14:35:57.024-06:00Leah, This post was such a blessing to read! Nothi...Leah, This post was such a blessing to read! Nothing that you said you thought would sound silly sounded silly. I understood what you were learning and feeling! And it was such a blessing to hear all the Lord is doing in your life!!<br /><br />I have done a similar thing as you about praying about your music, though in my case it was school work. I had never thought of it in that perspective that your mom had about it. THANK YOU so much!! <br /><br />The Lord has been teaching me about waiting on Him. As I get closer to graduation and adulthood, I find myself worrying about what I am going to do with my life. I want to serve the Lord, but I don't know the specifics of how (as in local ministry, foreign missions, staying home, etc.) And the Lord has been teaching me to not worry about it or try to move ahead of His leading, but to wait on Him and let Him lead. That's hard in some ways, but in other ways it is so relieving to know that I don't have to know everything, I just have to obey!<br /><br />God is so good... it is so exciting to look back and see what he has taught me this last year, and to hear what He has been teaching you, and to know that He will continue to lead and guide us.<br /><br />Love you bunches!<br /><br />~Melanie~ <br /><3Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980021913722383831noreply@blogger.com