All things work for our good :)

Thank God!

The song presentation went pretty ok in church.

Though I really freaked out when the performance was about to start. Reminded me of all the violin performances and exams I had in the past (more than 16 years ago)...I came to realise that I really underperform under stress :)

God did another miracle for me yesterday. Right before the service started, the E string on my violin just went completely out of tune by itself... scary.......maybe it was the temperature in the room or just the violin itself... I prayed, "God, please please please keep the violin in tune until after the performance." And of course, God really kept the violin in tune all the way until.......shortly after the performance, the E string went completely out of tune AGAIN!! But to me, God's grace was so evident :p He heard and answered my prayer so that I could at least play an "in-tune violin" (that was super important because I already had a tendency to go off-tune, haha).

Though I did not perform as well as I hoped to, I was glad yesterday's playing was a performance unto the Lord. That's so different from all my performances in the past. There was some stress still, but ultimately, I could really enjoy because I was playing by God's grace and strength. And although the playing fell short of my own expectations eventually, I could tell myself that God loved that :)

As I look back on all the unpleasant experiences in those years of learning...the stress, the discipline etc, I am glad God healed me from them all and left me with a skill that I now possess for a lifetime. I love the music the violin produces. And I thank God that despite of the pain in the past, I was given an opportunity to pick up this instrument....:) All things indeed work for the good of us.

God can use every unpleasant experience in our lives ultimately for His glory and for our good.

I am just so thankful......And I can't wait to get my own violin again!