One Month Countdown

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WOW its been a long time. I hate having these crazy giant breaks.

Anyways, one month. Today marks a big day. One month until SNA hits. Dec 10th, RHCCC, 7pm. At this time in one month, the lights will probably have just dimmed and we're live. This journey has been intense, rough, and fun. I remember early september, having our first meeting, having to complete the script within a month's time, with all our crazy schedules, and after the intense casting sessions, now we've dived into the crazy routines of filming and practicing. We're one month away.

The stress is ON. I can feel it under my skin and i can feel it in my bones. We have OH SO MANY things to do and practice, working with props, timing, lights, i can rant on and on but thats not the point. Although there's been SO MUCH STRESS, SO MANY CHANGES, AND CONFLICTS, we're pushing through. Day after day. week after week.

From the start, knowing our three month time period to do this, i've known and prepared myself to learn the big lesson from the big man above. Reliance on God. I thought it was going to be easy, but it really isnt. Its easier said than done. Relying on God, letting him take the reigns of this night and to let him take care of it. Just scheduling the practices and dates brought me to tears. I couldnt take it, i didnt think it was humanly possible to do this in such a short amount of time. God was CLEARLY yelling in my face to give it up to him and im trying. i really am. its hard.

On TOP of the lesson, there's more. When doing things like this, its EXTREMELY easy to just give in and take over and build the urge to have everything go your way. But when that happens, we ultimately fail to see the purpose of this. SNA, Saturday Night Alive is a night that is to be pleasing to our King, being able to show others His love, His greatness and His work, THROUGH the drama, THROUGH the music and THROUGH the speaker. We are just instruments for his work. What im trying to say, i know im going on quite the rant, but we have to remind ourselves CONSTANTLY to set our eyes on the Lord. No one else. Remind ourselves why we're doing this, and who we're doing this for. Not for our own praise, not for people to praise the church, the actors or the singers, but to give God the glory.

Lastly, the big thing that comes up every time SNA is in the works. HUMILITY. The past i've thought as myself as a humble kinda guy, but recently i've really looked at myself, and i feel like im dealing with pride. im sure everyone is. everyone wants to have recognition and be praised, i just hide it in myself, but its still there. This year, i had to opportunity to act and i remember thinking to myself, im a pretty good actor, i should do it, but after reading Phillipians 2, especially the part saying,

" 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. " - Phillipians 2:3

Thats why i decided to give up my role. So this year, although i have a big role in the night, its a role where humilty is practiced and i know it'll probably be hard, but its a lesson but i know i'll learn from it.

This must be a long post. Before i end, there's this one verse i'd like to share, something that is gonna stick with me for a long time.

"58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain." - 1 Corinthians 15:58

The One Month Countdown Starts Today. Glory to God, may his will be done.

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