Grace for Holly Grace
This Sunday, my musically inclined little Holly played a piano solo for the first time in church. She is really a violinist, but she also enjoys playing around on the piano. (Music has always been her passion–since she was 2. I am not kidding.)
And Holly practices on our free Craigslist piano, while our church has a beautiful grand piano. And when you play on a grand piano after using a Craigslist one, it can feel quite different.
Holly was nervous. She got up and played. And then she shared her heart with me.
She told me that she was nervous, so she reminded herself that she was not playing for the approval of others, but for God’s glory. “But then, ” she whispered ” as I sat there thinking about playing this for God’s glory, I got really scared. I mean, the God who made the universe and I am playing for Him?”
This was a highlight for me this week. It was an evidence of God’s grace working in my little girls heart and mind. When you come to grips with who God is, you don’t go away unchanged.
http://youtu.be/wVC4oqU_7Aw
Doesn’t it give you chills when your young child “gets” something so big as doing all for God’s glory and what that means? That’s God’s grace in a mother’s life. I know I fail daily (okay, make that hourly), so when something clicks with them like that all I can say is “Thank you, Lord!” Thanks for sharing you daughter with us.
What a great job. She is one talented young lady. Papa George and I were so proud of her. Best of all, we know that God was even more proud and pleased with her offering of praise in music. She is such a blessing.