Mind of Bert

~Think Different~
I have been extremely busy this week with work and school and all that good stuff so I haven't been able to blog about this until now. Last weekend was pretty power packed. I was off, so I wasn't playing at any of our campuses. I went to Cooper City on Saturday night to hear Heather Palacios teach. She was AWESOME!!! She spoke about God's favor. The Example she used was great and sooo true. Afterward I went on over to the youth auditorium to go hear Chad Swanzy teach. It was my first time attending a student service since I started coming to FRC. I must say....it too was AWESOME!!! They are in a new series called "Life Hurts, God Heals" and Chad spoke about how the enemy tries to sneak into our lives like the deceiver he is. It was a powerful service and I know there was alot of healing. So later that night, Vaughn Biggs, our Hallandale Beach Worship Pastor approached me for a big favor. He wanted me to play Keyboard the next day at Hallandale. WHAT!!!.... I had to go home that night and learn the music for the next day (Actually I knew the songs, so it was more like a review). So I haven't had a weekend off in couple weeks, yet it doesn't bother me at all. God gave me the gift of music and I plan to use it for his glory. Whenever I am asked to play at the last minute (this wasn't the first time), I consider it an honor to be able to be used as an instrument for him. This is actually not something that hit me immediately. God used Heather to speak to me twice that night. That Saturday night, I bumped into Heather backstage, and said to her "you see Heather??, I came to hear you teach and now I have to play in Hallandale tommorow". Her answer was, "No, you came to hear me teach, and now you get to worship in Hallandale tommorow". And she was totally right. What we do is not an obligation, it is an HONOR!! We are not just playing, or singing, we are WORSHIPPING!!!...Big Difference!!...and when you look at it like that, your whole perspective changes....Thanks HP!!