I come from an interesting background. Music has always been at the center of my life. I began playing the piano at age 4 and received honors playing at recitals. A few years later I started to play the violin. I soon became the Concert Master while in my 6th grade elementary orchestra after playing in the orchestra for only one year. Later I became privately tutored by the 3rd violinist of the San Jose Philharmonic Orchestra. Upon entering my teens, I soon turned my musical interests towards the guitar, which I continue to play. I began writing songs in the late 1980's. Integrity music published one of my songs in 1991, "Keeper of my heart". I love God with all my heart and long to see all people open their hearts to receive healing, blessings, and freedom in their lives. I long for all to know that God is a God of love and acceptance. Music is a universally accepted language and I believe God uses it to touch peoples hearts... My heart is in this - Colosians 3:16 Yes God is a righteous God and like when Jesus cried out on the cross, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” It was because God could not look at him at that moment as he became shrouded by the sin of the world that was put upon him. Our world and much of so called Christianity is in for a rude awakening if they don’t stop playing country club church and begin repenting and doing His word instead of using grace as a license to keep sinning. When Jesus took our sin and we receive him into our heart and repent of our sins and stop following after our own fleshly desires, then God can see us through Christ…But our lives must be continually following and doing His commandments in His word for this fellowship to continue. Gods grace is poured out on those who repent and do His word then He and His Father will make their abode in them. John 14:23 Only to those who are awake and watching and doing His will, will they be ready and waiting and prepared like the bride who trimmed her lamp and kept her oil full in her lamp…Otherwise to those who are not ready He will come as a thief in the night…Matt. 25:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 5:4 I too was such a Christian. That is why it is a fire in me and thankful God took me out of the mire of the world in its lusts. I was that Prodigal son who spent his inheritance on sin and pleasures and wallowed in the mire of sin and until recently woke up and repented and then also left a church which has compromised in the world and is lost even to blindness. Services are rote and full of schedules with no fear of God being preached or repentance mentioned and conviction of sin talked about. There is no change, no humbleness, no desire or love for God…It is sad because as I said much of modern day church is following this same broad way that leads to destruction and the narrow way is soon forgotten or looked over and discounted as too hard. Jesus said, His commandments are not burdensome” He also said, “His yoke is easy and light”…But when people want to keep their sin and lusts and worldly ways, it is hard… May God help everyone who calls on Your name to lay aside all filthiness and sin and run the race set before them giving all diligence to their faith always looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of their faith! Heb. 12:1-2