The Lord gave me to the privilege and opportunity to lead worship on top of a roof, overlooking the city of Quito at night. The lights were on and it was beautiful. I was able to play guitar and sing. Now if you know me, you probably don’t even know that I play guitar. You also wouldn’t know that I hate playing in front of people. So why did I decide to buy a case and take my guitar? No clue!! However, the Lord has been using the ability I have to play instruments to lead others in worship, which is insane to me. When I told my team I don’t ever play in front of people, they were shocked, and said that I play all the time. I guess I always seem confident in my playing abilities. I told them that I never thought I was good because I taught myself everything I know. Just recently I have realized that God gave me the talent to teach myself, which is actually super hard! I know so many people who are insane at guitar and when I tell them how I taught myself, they’d be like “whattttt that’s crazy”. Which I never even realized until a few weeks ago. I have now accepted the fact that I am talented at music, and that God gave me the position of leading worship for my team and squad. Just because I am not the best guitarist ever, doesn’t mean I’m not good. Satan has been trying to tell me that lie ever since I picked up a guitar. Now I know the truth the Lord has for me and the leadership He has for me in music and worship. I am so grateful for this gift He gave me. I am so in love with music it’s crazy. He has also blessed me with songwriting! For the longest time I envied people who were able to write their own music. I was always like “HOW DO YOU WRITE?! TEACH ME PLEASE”. Then there was one night in August, at like 1 AM and I wrote a song. “What in the world?! Desiree, you literally wrote a song”. Little did I know that it was the first of many!! The Lord is so good and has taught me how to write, and I am so beyond thankful for it. I love music so so much and I love the Lord so so so much for giving me this gift.
