Not Gone Just Building

I feel like I’ve left music, and in reality, I haven’t. I’m just being about my business, and I mean that in a literal sense. We are diligently preparing and planning for the grand opening of our Mini Shop. Three hundred twenty two pieces of glassware. It’s going to be beautiful. And something in me knows this matters, that I’m supposed to be doing this right now. Music may be on the back burner, but it’s not gone. So keep your eyes open. I hope I’m an example to the one reading this. Learn from my mistakes. Learn from my successes. I hope one day someone sends me a message and says, I saw you do that, and the first thing I thought was, I want to do that, and now here I am doing it. Creatives, I call on you to lift each other up and build each other up. This is not a competition.

Selby said it best. One time we were handing out flyers. I had just picked up a massive print job, thousands of them, and I showed them to Selby. She was so excited. The person with me asked if they could have some, and of course Selby said yes, that’s what they’re for, we need to get these out. The person had never volunteered with Selby before. She worked at Walmart and said she would put the flyers on cars in the parking lot, but then she said she would remove another festival flyer and replace it with ours, make it a competition. Selby turned around so fast and shut it down. She said, “this is not a competition. Music is not a competition. Music is meant to bring people together, not cause strife, not ego, not arrogance. It is meant to bond people, to bridge gaps.” She made sure that was understood. And she was right.

There is no color, no boundary in music, just unity and connection. As long as ego stays out of it and it stays about the music, everything will be alright. I know I’m on a musical break right now, and there’s a lot I don’t understand. Some things feel hurtful, some things feel exciting, some things are confusing, and some things just feel pointless. But even in the middle of this break, something is happening in me.

My attitude is being adjusted, my eyes are being opened, and I’m being prepared for the floodgates to open. And when God opens those floodgates, He’s going to push me forward with such force that I won’t have time to panic or second guess myself. I know He has a plan that is so incredible it will be mind blowing not just to me, but to anyone reading this. I also know God is aware of everything. He sees all because He created all. He sees the bad, and He sees the good, and He has already written my book. What God gives you, no man can take away, not even you. The only thing you can do is refuse it, deny it, or choose not to walk in it. That part is on you.

But if you sit and wait, even when you are confused, even when you are asking why and saying you don’t understand, God will give you the answer. You will feel it first. You will sense it. You will know. Then you will see it with your own eyes, and then you will hear it with your own ears. So I want to encourage anyone reading this, fear not, cry not. There is a bigger plan. And what God puts together, no man can tear apart.