Melika Miller Featured In #LOV3RZ Magazine July Edition!
Since I moved to New York City from
Poplar Grove, Arkansas, my life has had many ups and downs. Coming from a small rural town and having big
dreams of being a music artist has caused me many heartaches and pains. There was a time in my life when I asked God
to take the dream away from me so that the desire would stop, but He did not.
The following is an example of one
occasion in my life in which I wanted to give up on my dreams. I released an EP which had good reviews. I was performing in tours around the New
England area. People were following my
music, asking for my autograph and loved my songs. Also, my songs were being played on radio
stations. I was performing at different
venues in New York City and invited to different church events to perform. People were saying how touched they were by
my songs. I even performed in festivals
here in New York City and in Springfield, Connecticut. I also performed at SOB’s for SolVillage and
was 2nd runner up in a contest for a radio station here in New York
City. Because I thought my music career
was about to take off I decided to quit my job.
It did not happen the way I hoped
it would be.
Proverbs 13:12 says that hope
deferred makes the heart sick. My hope
in having a music career began to fade. I
remember being so discouraged and so disappointed that God did not allow this
dream of mine to happen. I began to
doubt that performing and entertaining people was my calling. I had had the taste of what it felt like to
have a career as an artist, but it did not become my reality. I felt so defeated and thought about moving
back home to Arkansas. It would be easy
then and I would have no troubles. Also,
I returned back to teaching and was contemplating on pursuing steps to remain
in the profession. This was tangible,
something that would be easy to do. I
could also go back to school and get my master’s in education and become a
principal or something. All these
alternative options were more straight forward.
Honestly, I loved teaching math and I loved my students, but I knew that
the classroom was not where I belonged.
That was just a scapegoat.
Catch Melika's Full Story in #LOV3RZ July on June 25th!
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