My Heart Will Be Blessed🎵🌄

 Last night was our 16th and final show for Porirua Little Theatre's 'The Sound of Music.'

The past month has been super full on, with roughly 48 hours of flute playing, not including rehearsals leading up to shows! But I've loved every second of it. 

The Porirua Little Theatre (PLT) community has been such a blessing to be a part of and I've loved seeing how a love of music/theatre has united people from so many different backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures. I do not mean this in a degrading way at all, but it's not often you find LGBTQ+ people and Catholics working side by side with no conflict whatsoever (that I know of anyway!), simply acceptance and love. I believe that's how it should be everywhere - after all as Catholic's we are called to be like Jesus, who is Love! And I know it is possible because I've now experienced it. Everyone was so lovely and I am so thankful that God made a way for me to have this amazing opportunity!

I say God made a way cause I truly do believe that. When I heard about PLT needing orchestra member's for the SoM I just knew I should enquire, even though I'd never done anything like this before, or played flute much in years! I loved rehearsals each week, and shows started the exact week I was finishing up at St Cath's for the year. I could not have coped with work as well as shows most days! Only God could have orchestrated something so perfectly 🙂

I've been given a gift of music, and it's funny how it took something literally called 'The Sound of Music,' with lyrics like "my heart will be blessed with the sound of music, and I'll sing once more" to make me realise what a gift it truly is!

The past month I have felt so fully alive. I've discovered that using your gifts and doing something your passionate about brings out the best in people (including myself!). My heart has truly been blessed with music again - I've found myself singing and worshipping way more than I ever have since I got back from Christchurch! 

Today's Gospel is very fitting to the season I'm in right now - Matthew15:14-30 - The Parable of the Talents. 

It leaves me questioning, why on earth would you ever bury your talents like the guy in today's parable did?? So many of us do these days, feeling pressured to fit societal norms, or falling for counterfeit happiness. But whether you're Christian or not, we all have gifts and life is so much more fulfilling and joyous when we use and grow those gifts!  PLT has helped me come to a greater understanding of this 🙂

So what's the point of this whole post?? I don't really know...I've just been getting my thoughts down. 

But I guess my main point is that you should do things you love to do, and grow your gifts, don't hide them! You were made for life to the full (John 10:10) and you absolutely have the means to live that out! 

In the words of Mother Abbess "My child, you have a great capacity to love. What you must find out is how does God want you to spend your love..." (yes, I've heard the show 16 times now so you may be getting more SoM quotes in the future - sorry not sorry!!).

Do what you love, love what you do, and others will see that love shining through!



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