Post by Olufemi O.E.J. Igbamerun

FROM GLORY TO GLORY 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18 Born with missing or fused fingers on both hands, no left leg and missing toes on her right foot, Arianne Abela had joined her college choir purely for fun. She did not really think she could excel in the area of music because of her physical challenges. Her plan was to major in government at Smith College. Then came a snowstorm and an urgent phone call from the choir director, who was stranded at the airport. He asked Abela to lead their evening choir rehearsal. She was shocked that the director had chosen her over all of the older students. Conducting made her hands, which she had tried to hide all this while quite visible. From that moment, she found her career. She changed her major from government to music and never looked back. By 2019 she had earned a master’s degree in choral conducting from Yale and a Ph.D in conducting from the University of Michigan. She is a Lecturer in Music and also serves as a conductor to church choirs and as director of several choirs. "My teacher saw something in me," said Abela. Her motivating story bids us to wonder what God, our holy Teacher, sees in us, regardless of our limitations. More than anything, He sees Himself - because we are created in His own image. (Genesis 1:27) And even if we are limited, He transforms us from glory to glory to make us more like Himself. Our disabilities, challenges, fears, imperfections, cannot stop what God can do with us and for us if we look up to Him. Photo: Joshua Gresham https://lnkd.in/ePN4JTK