I say it a lot, but I am beyond blessed at where I live and the community that surrounds me. I live a few miles away from the beach and everything I do is within 10 miles of me. God has gifted me with so much and I am slowly beginning to use those gifts for his glory.
I led worship on drums for 5 years and then took a hiatus to check where my heart stood on leading. It became so much more about the performance for man than it did in leading people into an intimate time of worship with the Almighty God. He has been stirring it up in my heart in the past year to lead again but in a smaller setting, which I actually prefer. Just my small group, which is about 25 people. I think the best part is that as I've been rehearsing throughout each week I get to have that intimate time of worship of just me and God. It's like preparing to lead a Bible study. You dive into the Word so much and read into many commentators and theologians say. You get so much out of it in preparation for the actual Bible study. I get so much out of rehearsing worship sets in preparation for a short time of worship once a week.
A praise is that I used to teach English to underprivileged families in my neighborhood. It's been over a year now, but a month ago we talked to the moms about making it a Bible study and they all got excited. They said they've been wanting to study the Bible but just didn't have any time. Ah, that is SUCH an answer to prayer! God is doing big things in LA and it all starts with the smallest of seeds.
