So last Friday I held the second round of auditions for the play. It was a necessity. While we had a good turnout for the first round, we didn't get all of the people that we needed to complete the cast. But no fear, I pressed on and decided to hold a second round. We advertised, posted, word of mouth, etc. And the response was awesome! I had a long list of people that were coming to audition. Things were looking positive. I was going to fill all of my remaining slots and have extras! Woo Hoo! WRONG!
Do you know only two people showed up! TWO! But the surprising thing is, even though I was disappointed, I wasn't worried. At all! I had such peace about it all. And the two people that came in did their thing and filled two very needed spots. As I began to discuss the situation with my director, we brainstormed and thought, "How can we remedy this?" But when you are doing something for someone who is bigger than you, when you are doing something that you were destined and created to do, you don't have to do much to make it happen. Within one day we were able to fill 5 slots out of 7. 5 of which were main characters. I'm so at peace right now. And it is all falling into place.
It's like I said before...when you are doing what you were intended to do, there will always be monkey-wrenches thrown in there somewhere. The true test is how you respond to it all. I could have freaked out, shut things down, thought that this wasn't going to happen. But then what would that say about me? How would I grow and learn how to deal with adversity if I quickly threw in the towel?
So I guess I should take a lesson from my own play...Count It All Joy.
James 1:2-4 MSG
2-4Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don't try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, not deficient in any way.
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