A new month and perhaps a renewed blogging run. The play went well; pictures are coming soon. We went from one play into another though, as the Christmas season at church started. I am helping produce a small Christmas Pageant that will be given next Wednesday at Family Night. The kicker is that the roles I assigned are unwanted. The lines are not difficult for Mary, so I gave the role to the five year old who doesn't read. It turns out she doesn't want to have Jesus and refuses to answer positively when the angel appears. Of course, the angel doesn't feel so hot either since she wanted to be Mary because Mary is on stage longer. King Herod is unhappy because he is a "bad guy", and on it goes. The director looks exhausted by the time the parents come to pick them up.
This is so reminiscent of our attitudes with God. He has assigned each of us a role to play in this great production of Life, and we all complain about it. "I don't want to do that!" "Why does she get to be the star?" "Why do I have to do the dirty work?" And the Great Director looks exhausted knowing He doesn't get to send them home with someone else.
In fact, He was the parent who sent His Son into this cast of unprofessional actors. He watched as each fulfilled a role in the raising and slaughtering of His Son. And He never gave up, never quit, never resigned. He still directs and produces today. Take a bow God.
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