Introduction to Music Studies
One point that really resonated with me was in Dr. Carolyn Hart’s speech. She mentioned that sometimes God will block our intentions, our plans, with a red light in order to get us to turn in the direction He wants us to go. I was very encouraged and impacted by this idea, that particular week and the week before I had been feeling quite discouraged, I wasn’t feeling at home in Wheaton, I was feeling overwhelmed by the large workload and the (small) amount of sleep college life was providing. I did not know if I should continue with music or even at Wheaton, I was wondering if I should have stayed at my previous school, in my “comfort zone,” and just a couple weeks into the semester I was already contemplating switching majors. When I was in middle school, music wasn’t even on the radar as a potential major or career, my dream was to be a gymnast and work in a health or sports related career. God blocked my intentions by means of my parents. I won’t pretend that I went along willingly with what my parents wanted, I was angry, bitter, and hurt. But, six years later, I look back on what I wanted, what I thought was best for me, it is amazing to see how God’s hand was evident through my parent’s actions, as painful as it was at the …show more content…
Hart speak about this. What she said encouraged me to believe that doing what I believe God wants me to do in the place I believe He wants me to do it will work out in His way and time even though it is not always easy now. At times I reflect on what I wanted not so long ago and think of how selfish my reasons were in wanting to continue sports - in order to promote myself and have men and women praise me, my goals definitely weren’t to bring God glory. It is humbling to see how God has worked in my life since then, it reminds me of Proverbs 16:9, which says, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their
One point that really resonated with me was in Dr. Carolyn Hart’s speech. She mentioned that sometimes God will block our intentions, our plans, with a red light in order to get us to turn in the direction He wants us to go. I was very encouraged and impacted by this idea, that particular week and the week before I had been feeling quite discouraged, I wasn’t feeling at home in Wheaton, I was feeling overwhelmed by the large workload and the (small) amount of sleep college life was providing. I did not know if I should continue with music or even at Wheaton, I was wondering if I should have stayed at my previous school, in my “comfort zone,” and just a couple weeks into the semester I was already contemplating switching majors. When I was in middle school, music wasn’t even on the radar as a potential major or career, my dream was to be a gymnast and work in a health or sports related career. God blocked my intentions by means of my parents. I won’t pretend that I went along willingly with what my parents wanted, I was angry, bitter, and hurt. But, six years later, I look back on what I wanted, what I thought was best for me, it is amazing to see how God’s hand was evident through my parent’s actions, as painful as it was at the …show more content…
Hart speak about this. What she said encouraged me to believe that doing what I believe God wants me to do in the place I believe He wants me to do it will work out in His way and time even though it is not always easy now. At times I reflect on what I wanted not so long ago and think of how selfish my reasons were in wanting to continue sports - in order to promote myself and have men and women praise me, my goals definitely weren’t to bring God glory. It is humbling to see how God has worked in my life since then, it reminds me of Proverbs 16:9, which says, “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their