Called Service

This past weekend I was scheduled to serve as the front of house producer at my Church. It was exciting because there were so many details to go over and review during rehearsal. The service was more complex than usual. I felt comfortable in the middle of chaos. I know its odd thing to say, but in the midst of all of the different things going on at the same time, to me, it was not disorderly, it was controlled chaos. I must clarify we were not disorganized, we just have alot of things going on and a short amount of time to pull together.

I was excited about rehearsal on Thursday and Saturday I felt confident. Everyone did awesome at rehearsal and Satursday evening, although I was pretty critical about my performance on Saturday. When it comes to execution, I strive for perfection and when I make a mistake I take it pretty hard (I am my worst critic). I went home and reflected what I could have dont differently... and asked myself what could I have done better? I actually went home reviewed my notes, made more notes and rehearsed several times in my head.

On Sunday, I hopped in my car and listened to my worship CD, driving in a light sprinkle. As I arrive in the lower parking lot I sat in my car cause it started to rain harder. (I had an umbrella, but it was my kids polka dot umbrella and it was really small, kid size.) I prayed in my car before going to church and the rain went back to being a light sprinkle.

The services were Awesome! I love it when plans come together.

Something interesting happened during the first service at 0930. One of the guys I serve with asked me what I normally did for a living, I replied Engineer and he was surprised. He asked, "Have ever done producing before?" and I told him no. He was surprised I was not in this line of work (production) before and said, "You look at home in this setting." This comment came out of the blue, his comment was uplifting to me. It made me forget about what I felt I was doing wrong, but bring into perspective what I was doing right. I appreciated his comments, his timing could not have been any better. Many times its the tinest comment, which helps lift and guides ones life and path. Its interesting how so few words can make a difference in ones day....