Small Beginnings

So I went to my daughter’s Violin Recital today.

This was not an auspicious event. She’s in the 3rd grade. And if you’ve ever been to a 3rd grade violin recital then you have joined me in wishing that the violin was a fixed pitch instrument.

The recital involved 10 songs, which were each about 20 seconds in length. Stuff like “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and “Three Blind Mice.”

But it got me thinking – there isn’t a professional musician in the world who didn’t get their start just like this. Every single virtuoso began somewhere. Itzhak Perlman himself probably learned to play “Mary Had…” when he was a beginner.

What has God started in you? When was the last time you tried something totally new?

Despise not the day of small beginnings, loved ones. Every expert begins at the beginning. Marry your hard work and passion to a desire to see Him glorified. And watch expectantly for an amazing display of fireworks.

Hasta.