Continuing the Journey
Many of us can recall those difficult seasons of our life
when we felt as if there was no way we could be able to survive another
day. A few years ago as I walked
through my own dark season, I began to learn what it means to totally depend on
and lean on God to honor His faithful words.
Even in the midst of having total chaos around me, this also became a
very pivotal season as I began to learn more about the music ministry gifts
that were on the inside of me. I found comfort in putting God's word to
melodies. With the completion of my
first CD in front of me, my friends and family supported me as I launched out
into my own music ministry. Doors began
to open for me as I won several songwriting awards and had several ministry
opportunities. But even with all of the
doors opening for me, I found it difficult to really find my “niche” in the
music industry. It felt as if my
ministry gifts were always being compared to what other artists brought to the
table. Desperately looking for that
avenue where I could be “me”, I found that the frustrations eventually got the
best of me. After a couple of years and
numerous disappointments, I was no longer enjoying the ministry journey.
Just recently, over the past year or so I started feeling a
tug in my heart and sensed that it was time to work on my music ministry
again. At this point in my life, my
days are already heavily consumed with family, career and the ministry at my
local church – so much that I couldn't even figure out how I would be able to
get a ministry like this off the ground and running again. I needed help; I needed some sort of
partnership that would help me put my feet on the ground and once again begin
walking in the ministry gifts that are on the inside of me.
I often receive emails from those who want to help inspiring
artists promote their music. I had
trained myself to ignore these emails so I was surprised when I hesitated to
delete an email from “Tami at the Incubator”.
Something inside of me wanted to know more about this company and see if
they could possibly be the help I was looking for. After listening to some of the introductory material that was
offered, I began the training process and quickly found that the Incubator
principles clicked with me. As a result
of pursuing the music industry for several years, I was trained to focus on the
“music” part of music ministry. Through
the training I received from the Incubator, I learned that it was better to
focus on the “ministry” aspect more than just the “music”. Years of pursuing the music industry left me
fatigued – tired of trying to become someone that I thought the labels would
want. The Incubator offered an
alternative where this competitive burden was lifted off of my shoulders. I really began to embrace the ministry gifts
that are inside of me, and understand that there are others around me that are
blessed when I operate in these gifts.
