The Journey

Today I got an email from Pastor Nelson at the Journey. I almost deleted it before even opening the email but ended up opening it and read a personal letter to me! He invited me back next week and told me that he would be praying for me this week... it was nice to hear that and I was impressed!
Anyway, the Journey is an awesome church. Last Sunday I got to the Journey (which is right in Time Square)... walked in this building and waited in line with a bunch of young New Yorkers for the elevator to get up to the 8th floor where the service was held. There was a refreshment table with Krispy Cream Donuts and coffee (which was great since I was hungry!) and everyone was super friendly. In the service, we had a cool band play for worship and a guest speaker. Pastor David Crosby spoke from Pocono Community Church about dealing with disappointment. At the end on his sermon, he told this story that I LOVED... it was about a man who walked on a stage in front of an audience of guests to play a beautiful piano piece. The whole auditorium was in dead silence as this man played. When the man had finished, he walked off the stage to a loud applaud and standing elevation. Backstage, everyone encouraged the man to go back and play another piece... but the man refused! "Why not?" they asked, "Everyone loves you!" But the man said "not everyone... look at that man"... and he pointed to an elderly man sitting in the balcony with a straight face. "He doesn't know what real music is, don't worry about one person!" they said. But the man said "No, you don't understand, that man is my teacher, if he is not pleased, I have not really succeeded."
The pastor related this story to our lives as Christians... even if the whole world encourages us to continue something but our Lord and Savior does not is it really worth continuing? I hope I live a life in honor to the Lord pleasing Him despite the world's approval/disapproval.