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Message: by: jEsUsFrEaK_980 I heard a small voice tell me to sing. --------------------------------- I never thought that I’d be the type to sing. EVER. I’m kind of a shy person, and have serious stage fright. I go to an amazing church. The Church in Peaster is incredible. That’s where I found God. I was saved. I go to the youth group Pipeline. The sermons always speak to me and relate. I love God so much. I have a great relationship with him. But I was confused. Anyways, it all started when I heard a small voice tell me to sing. I thought, “why would I ever!” I was told a couple of times before that I had a great voice, but I never thought God would want me to use it for him! He put it on my heart for several weeks. I was still too afraid to ask our pastor. Deathly afraid. I’m not very social about stuff like this. God wouldn’t let me say no. So finally, one brave Wednesday, I asked him if I could sing. I told him that God put it on my heart to sing. He looked shocked. It’s rare when people go and ask him that because God tells certain people to. J.R. told me to go to the following week’s practice that Tuesday night. I was thrilled and proud that I did it. I thanked God and was actually unafraid. That all changed Tuesday. I attended the practice. Naomi is a beautiful girl who has the most amazing voice. She took me into the Sunday church for me to show her how I sing. I was extremely nervous and intimidated by her. You have no idea how amazing her voice is. I finally sang, “Here I am to Worship.” I sang it just the same as I always did to myself. There were other people in there that I didn’t notice. They heard me too. Naomi kept encouraging me the next couple of weeks. I kept coming and started drifting away from God unfortunately. It was horrible. The worst weeks of my life. Walking through school miserable and numb to everything. I don’t even know what was going on, but I had my best friend. And my boyfriend, Luke, encouraged me and saw that that was what I was supposed to do. I kept listening to the enemy inside myself, telling me I wasn’t good enough, that they didn’t care, and that I didn’t deserve to be up there. One week, Naomi told me I could sing after all these weeks of waiting for a spot! I was beyond relieved that I thought I had an answer from God. After praying and reading the Bible, I got up there and rehearsed and did pretty good. The next day, I got there a little late to the rehearsal before church. I saw another girl up there but thought nothing of it. Church was starting and that girl was still up there. I walked over and gave the back up singer, Breanna, a confused look. She shook her head no. Sadly I pulled myself together and felt so heavy. Naomi felt horrible. She had no idea that was gonna happen. She promised me I was going to sing. The next few days, I began giving up on church, singing, and God! I started questioning if he was real. And I’m a strong believer, don’t get me wrong. It was horrible. I skipped the rehearsal and was going to give up. But something was telling me to go to Church. Plus, I was scared because I haven’t missed church in like months. I showed up to church and saw Naomi walking towards me. I froze inside. I didn’t want to look like a quitter. She came to me and gave me a choice to sing or not. I said no. I told her I didn’t have an answer from God. She wanted me up there, I could tell. But I fought and said no. As church started, I started feeling guilt, like I chose the wrong answer. The sermon was so deep. It hit EVERYBODY in the inside. God gave me answers that night. I can’t even explain how. He showed me that he wanted me to sing. He showed me he was real in heart wrenching ways. I bawled that night. I finally realized, GOD IS THERE. HE’S AMAZING IN EVERY WAY. After church, Naomi was on stage about to leave. I walked up there and asked if I could talk to her. I told her about almost quitting. I told her about questioning if He was real because I was deeply desperate to find answers from him. She gave me the biggest hug and started praying for me. The most bonding prayer between me and the Lord. She told me afterwards that when she saw me, she saw her when she was younger. She waited for 3 years for something that God wanted her to do. I realized I was being so selfish. She sees my heart, she knows how bad I want to be up there, and how much I love God. This story is for the people feeling alone. DON’T GIVE UP! He’s there. Just keep praying and fighting for what’s right and he’ll show you the way. The moral to this story is to not search for the answers, but to pray that he’ll show you. I realized that the people at my church do care. God didn’t give up on me, and I’m not giving up on him. Ever. View the story online at: http://www.storiesaboutgod.org/index.php/stories/story_page/god-given-gift/
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