NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Nov. 16, 2011– Christian music artist Britt Nicole began sensing God’s calling on her life when she was 16 years old.
“I remember sitting in youth group one night,” she recalls. “My aunt and uncle were my youth pastors. They asked us to write down our vision or dreams.”
Her dream?
“I remember writing on this little piece of paper that I wanted to reach a million [people] through music,” she says. “I wanted to reach people and touch people’s lives.”
Britt’s on track to do just that. She’s got three albums out: “Acoustic EP,” “Say It” and “Lost Get Found.”
But Britt’s plan and God’s were not exactly the same.
“When I was 17 years old I was planning on going to Belmont University, a college in Nashville, Tenn. I was going to study music and basically God spoke to me real clear one night.”
What’d He say?
“Britt, you’ve given Me part of your heart but you haven’t given Me your life and I want all of you and I have a different plant for you. So, I need you to surrender to My plan instead of yours.”
Britt struggled with letting go.
“I did not want to do that, honestly,” she remembers. “I had a plan. I was going to go to college. I was excited to get away.”
Something kept her from being totally happy about that plan.
“I really knew the Lord was say, ‘I want you to stay home,’” Britt says. “I was like, ‘What am I going to do here? There’s nothing for me here.”