From the Heart...

This post has been a long time in the making. My second semester here at BYU Idaho, one of my good friends in my ward told me about his choir that I should audition for. I had no idea what I was in for. So, at the last moment possible, I ran to the building on campus where the auditions were being held, and winged it. I auditioned. I didn't make it. I was upset about not making it, and felt that it was their loss. Needless to say, I was too prideful to see why I didn't make it. The next semester, I was personally asked by the choir president to audition. I turned him down with some useless excuse. More out of being burned from the semester before. Almost a year and a half passed by and I returned back to Rexburg to go back to school. I was asked once again to audition for the group. After so much time had passed and a little repentance, I found myself rushing once again to the building on campus where the auditions were being held. I made it.
The group is called From The Heart. It is a choir comprised of 24 singers, that for each semester creates an hour long musical program meant to be performed for firesides. The group is not affiliated with the school, and is completely run by students. Music selections are chosen especially for their power to testify of Christ.
I have never been in group that has brought more strength to my testimony than this choir. This experience and the people that I have had a chance to sing with have not just become a part of my testimony, but it now comprises a part of the foundation of my testimony. It has not only been a blessing to sing to hundreds of people over the course of this semester, but it has been a power that has lifted me from deep sorrows. It has given me purpose here, and helped me to see more clearly the love that my Savior Jesus Christ has for me. I cannot express my love for the amazing people that I have been able to stand with and sing. They are such a light in my life! I feel like there is this little flame that burns inside of me. It lights my path in this life, but sometimes it feels insufficient through trials and hardships. Since joining this group, I feel like I have added my little flame with the flames of those in the group, and now I have this huge fire within me burning from the amazing power that comes from the testimonies that radiate from those who have chosen to sing in this choir.
Although it took almost 2 years to get myself prepared, I find that this will probably be one of the greatest highlights of my college experience. I am eternally thankful that the Lord has put this blessing in my path, and that I chose this to become a part of my existence and experience.