The Simple But Great Things The Lord Has Done

I recently have been starting some new ventures in my life.

 For one I just started drawing! It's actually a pretty cool story. I never thought I could draw before. In fact every time I tried it just flopped, looking something like a infant's attempt at coloring with a piece of broke chalk on the concrete :( The story starts a few years ago when I started having these incredibly overwhelming desires to be creative. Sometimes I would feel my insides shaking from the stored up "creative juices" ready to be released. I would sit and plot an idea for a song, a collage or even a simple drawing. Most things I tried just wore me out. I made a few collages that turn out pretty nice but besides that everything else hit the trash.

I started praying that God would give me a way to release these passions, with seemingly no answer. Just recently I had these desires flood my person again. I had an idea! But again I wasn't sure if it was going to work. I decided instead of just trying an having no idea of how to draw that I would ask a friend for some advice.

I asked her how to draw a simple cube. She grabbed a tissue box put it in front of us and showed me how to look for the angles, lines and things. Simple. Over the next few days I tested these new learned skills out on some "boxy" shaped objects.

One day when I was in the prayer room I decide to try drawing one of the chairs. I just did the simple things my friend showed me. After finishing I almost freaked out.

I CAN DRAW!!!

What do you think?



Since then I have drawn a bird, a man, a lily and a few other things. God is so faithful and so kind.

Another venture I recently started is like the first. An answer to the same prayer. I have been wanting to learn to play bass for years. I just never had the rhythm to do so. Three years ago, with little skill, I started playing on the Master's Commission worship band. I played for two years but I had very limited understanding of music or how to play bass at all.

Since I have been at the house of prayer the Lord has really increased my desire to play music. I am now playing between 2 and 5 sets a week and am taking bass and guitar lessons. I have learned so much about how to play and some about music theory. I now feel that, for the first time,  I can actually consider myself a musician!

Again the Lord is so KIND. He cares about those things that may be seemingly unimportant. I believe He puts these desires in our hearts SO that we will come to Him and fellowship with Him. Asking Him to teach us.

These are great things the Lord has done in my life. Very simple but meaningful and great things.
And I know He CAN do them in your life toooo!