Steps

I am excited to share that the first, unofficial, production team meeting was held last night. A couple finally took the first step and had a get-together. It's funny how life seems to get in the way. We have four kids and we are teetering on loosing our home. Our life is busy and hectic and full of things to worry about. Personal crisis is right around the corner for a lot of us and yet we still have our sights set on making a movie. We not only have our sights set on making a movie, it is what brings us to life. We start talking about it and our problems can be put aside. The most exciting part though...is watching God orchestrate it all. Its like watching him put a puzzle together. Different people with different trainings and passions and ambitions and experiences who can't do it on their own. Each person has tried the "right way" to get into Hollywood and has run into that wall that separates the insiders from the outsiders and unless you know the right insider, forget it.

Through this we are also experiencing that true security rests in knowing that my God will provide, and trusting that this is where we are supposed to be. God's will is not always a straight smooth path. We have hit our share of road blocks, pot holes, and tire-slashing nails in the road. If we are following God's will then why isn't it a lot easier? Sometimes it just takes blind faith to follow even when its hard.

Today, after church, I really wanted to know how the get-together went. I had gone to bed by the time David came home from the get-together Saturday night, he then opened on Sunday so I wouldn't see him until Sunday evening. I just couldn't wait until evening to find out how the get-together went. Well, he works right down the street from our church and I had sent him a text to see if he was going on his break soon so we could stop by and say hi, and maybe eat some lunch with him. I Then began driving toward the place in the road where I could either get on the freeway and go home or head to the OG. As we got closer I was telling my kids to pray for Dad to text back so we could come by or we were going to have to go home. We got closer, and closer, and closer to the freeway. No text. I had to make a decision and not seeing David wasn't really an option. At this point my kids were getting a little more excited that we might get to eat at Olive Garden. I told them we were just going to drive by and see how busy they were. They were busy but we parked and went in anyway. I told my 9 year old to keep watch for her dad to walk by while I took my toddler to the bathroom, who is still potty training by the way. When I came out, my 9 year old still hadn't seen her dad and so we left after telling the host, who was wondering why I had come in with my 4 kids and was loitering in the lobby without putting my name on the waiting list, that I was David's wife. My one last shot was letting my kids play in the grassy area right outside the restaurant. Maybe David would see us through the windows. I really wanted to know how the evening went. David came out seconds later and said he was about to take his break. We got to be with him, I was filled in on the previous night's event, and then headed home to get on with our day.

It may sound so trivial but God was showing me something through all of this. I was trying to rub the lamp to get God to answer a prayer the way I wanted. When I didn't get the obvious answer I was looking for, I stepped out on faith knowing I may have to wait until David got home that evening. I took the next step and didn't get the desired result. One final step and then that was it. It was then that I received what I wanted.

This group of people will be successful. They will walk the steps of faith even when the desired result is not reached the first, second, or third time because they have a goal and the determination, and God will bless them with a result that is beyond their expectations. I have no doubt!

"And you will know that I am the Lord..."