It all started when our church was severely lacking of pianists (we still are..) and I told Mak and Eion, and also God, that if I had a piano to practice on, and some kind of guide, I would definitely serve as a pianist.
Well. Next thing I knew, Mak gave me his digital piano, with the promise that I'll go up and serve with them in one year's time.
I started practicing on my own (i.e the first video below) and I had no idea what I was doing. All I had to rely on was my own basic piano foundation back when I was 8 years old, and Eion's guidance. I remember telling my grandmother to please pray for me because I had no idea what to do, I couldn't afford a piano teacher, and I knew I wasn't progressing at all.
Then Elder Sng came and introduced a professional pianist, said they were related or something, and then I started having free classes with him.
God is always good.
Being a pianist for the church has also taught me to keep myself holy, so that I may serve my Lord properly with peace in my heart. Oh the times that I played for church when I did not keep holy.. No matter how much I practiced, there is no way you can play properly for church when you don't have peace in your heart.
Anyway, I guess what I want to point out in this post is that I'm looking back at the 1.5year I've spent learning the piano, and I want to acknowledge and proclaim that it is by God's grace that I have come so far.
I've still got a long long way to go. Maybe one day I'll be good enough to play for choir. Or maybe not. I don't know, but I am willing to follow whatever plans God has laid out for me.
So anyway, here are two videos. A before and an after of the same hymn.
Nov 2016
Feb 2018
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