We Can't Live Without Music In Our Hearts

Music. The only thing on this earth that I, and my very important group of friends can't live without. Second to God. We, as a young group of individuals who share the same passion, dream of becoming the best that we can be in the field. We want to do it for God, because He was the one who gave the talent to us.

I just want to share to all of you readers today the recent experience that we had when we played together as a violin ensemble on a recital last June 3rd. We hardly prepared for it much. We only started practicing the day before the event. I myself never had any interest in playing with the girls on the said day, I was making excuses just to get out of what I thought would just look stupid in front of those who would watch. I was the eldest in the group, and I am still not as good as my brother who plays beautifully with his violin. If you are asking why? Well, I was a crazy kid before. I tried to learn things then I just stop learning it in the middle of the process. I tried playing the piano at first, then seeing my brother excel at what he was doing, I suddenly broke the piano's heart and tried to fall in love with the violin.

I was 11 when I started learning the said instrument. But it just turned out the same, stopping in the middle of what I could excel in. I only focused on studying my academic subjects for a while, then when I got to high school, and my mother started the music ministry that we are doing ever since that time, I started playing the instrument once again.

Presently, the new batch of our music students, my girls. My best friends, my sisters, they were also the ones who are helping me love what I have decided to pursue in the future. God has placed them in my life to let me know what I really want. And that is to make music until the day the Lord takes me home. Truly, when someone starts a fire, the fire of passion for something worth spending the rest of your life with, like music, it spreads like an epidemic. The fever will never stop. The Nabi girls, yes, that is our name when we play in churches and special events, they did that to me.


So back to the recital. I decided to play with them the last minute. Thinking that it would also be a great experience for me, even though I might look too old to play as a violin beginner. I memorized the piece that we are going to play for two hours and polished it up all day. And when the day came, it was a marvelous experience. Seeing also that it was the girls' first time to play in an auditorium in a state university's College of Music, I promised myself from then on that I will always play with them wherever we go. These girls were not like those who have rich parents. They were girls who lived simple lives not knowing at first that God had a very wonderful plan for them, with a promise of raising them up to become people who would be used by Him for His glory alone.


I just knew it when we were already walking outside the hall with our heels and dresses, with no car and will only ride a public jeepney home, that these girls have been given hope to become someone they never thought that they could be in the future. And I know that it's not impossible for that to happen in their lives.

For Shyl, Jeremie, Jade, Jobelle and Christina: May you have a blessed life ahead of you, continuing to live in the purpose of God working in your hearts.
For Mama: You have been a shining light used by God to work wonders in all of us. I know that you will have a life full of hope and joy so much more than you could ever imagine.
For my Kuya Benj: My Kuya Benj, I sometimes treat you as our Dad when things fail. Thanks for the joy and the love that you shared with me. :) May God send you out to different places that you have never dreamed of going before.

And as for you dear reader, I am only sharing a very small percent of my real life. May you keep on reading these entries and be inspired by what you see here. May God bless you. :)