Warning Signs

As I have posted in earlier blogs, I attend a violin class.  My desire is that as I play unto the Lord the sound will make a person melt as they enjoy listening to each note....like I do when my violin teacher plays. Each lesson is quite difficult as this dear friend plays with me, to get me accustomed to the sounds, tempos and techniques. There have been a few times he's asked me if I wanted to play alone...because each student has a preference.  "No," I almost beg....for to remove this treasure would be too devastating.  So God is giving me the strength to concentrate on the lesson and not give in to the desire to just sit and enjoy hearing him play.

But there's sooo much I have to learn!  Like I've got to let go of my pride!!  When I first started lessons...I was quite obedient to mark up my lesson books with highlighters and other pens to help me see what I was supposed to be playing, until I became used to playing without the marking.  I thought enough time had passed for me to attempt to play without the markings....and it was soooo exhilarating!!  I was so excited that I was learning!!!  So we continued on...

And so did life....adding different responsibilities too..

The book that I'm learning from has pale orange rectangles that let the reader know that it's something the student needs to learn, a "warning sign" if  I may.  I have read them....but....the scales, arpeggios and samples of songs were sooo much more appealing to "read".

So when I came to the Key's of the Major's and Minors....I would just glance at the pictures...thinking how is this supposed to help me, I'm just not getting it...not taking the time to read them (the first step to getting help is admitting :).  It was almost like another language....where repetition is one of the things that help a student learn.  My focus was more on the "fun" stuff.

Yet...without learning the "language" of the Keys.....I was beginning to sound...... "ishy" (it's the word that comes to my mind).  My teacher is so patient with me and always compliments me on readjusting my fingers to meet the sound as we play through the scales, arpeggios and songs....but I would get sooooooo frustrated.  SOMETHING was wrong!!!! 

Then God showed me in my determination to learn the keys that the answer was there all along.  Before I heard His leading....I searched the store where my lesson takes place, and online...picking up a book at each place (just 2), hoping it had what I wanted.  The books that were ordered and bought will be quite helpful....but....

all I had to do was see the orange rectangular boxes....the warning signs.....and take extra caution to learn what was being taught.  Praise God for second chances!!

In the same way....I have to ask myself, "what are the warning signs in my life?  Am I seeing them?"  I know one warning is a small pain I get in my back when I'm doing too much.....I'll carry in heavy bags of groceries...or even if there are a lot and I don't want to make the extra trips....I'll gang them all together ....love those plastic bags and their handles for this purpose....though it weighs a lot, I think to myself, it's only one trip. WHY do I want to do things faster?  Taking the time to enjoy life...hearing every sound of life with my heart and my ears makes my heart melt...unlike pushing forward and rushing.

Removing that treasure of listening has been devastating....it makes me confused, worried and grouchy...things God doesn't want in my life...nor does anyone else.  God give me strength to obey all the caution signs that way my life can be sweet melting music that brings peace....