Wow I’m awful at naming these posts. I go blank every time I try.
I listened to Reel 2 of Standing Firm’s sound-mix today…good stuff. Nice and crisp and clean…I’m surprised. It’s nice to know despite it’s faults, the film is going to be of decent quality…especially considering our budget and the way in which we had to shoot sometimes. I’m very pleased. Jurgen (composer) seems very excited to get started on the score, and I’ll be looking at the final cue sheet in the morning to give him the green light. I worked on Heumoore’s new film site today…version 2.0. It looks very nice, I’m liking it! I’m setting up the email lists, twitter and facebook fan pages, etc. so we can get cracking on marketing this puppy out of the gate. There isn’t much to see for the film since it’s not shot yet but I can make use of the current Heumoore fan base at first to build an awareness. That’ll be step #1!
During the message at Vintage tonight I heard something that stuck out to me. It’s something I spoke about at CORE last Friday when I raised my hand. Wes said tonight “All I want to hear is ‘well done thy good and faithful servant.’” Wes then went onto mention “notice it didn’t say ‘thy good and successful servant.’” That’s a good truth that I think we glaze over far too often. I had mentioned that at CORE so to hear it again felt good. Our focus always seems far too “success” oriented and less “obedience” driven. If God says jump we say how high right? Well what if you can’t jump as high as he’s asking? Or what if God says “go talk to that person over there.” In talking to them and sharing the truth in love they get angry and walk away. Is that a failure? Did we do something wrong? Not at all! God wants our obedience, and the results are his. Have you ever thought about the fact that God might ask you to do something for the purpose of failure? I mean failure in the general sense, because no expression of obedience is a failure. What if he just wanted to show you something? To teach you? Why must it always be about a score card. 2009 for me was nothing but a long string of disappointments and “failures.” In the end however, I came out learning a lot about people, business, how I should operate in the future, how far my trust should extend and to whom, etc. I see my trip to California that sent me back home a month later as nothing more than God showing me that I needed to realize NY was home for now. I was dead set on leaving and he basically went “ok get out of here…and enjoy it while it lasts because I’m bringing you home.” When I got home I felt good, and I think God knew I needed to leave and come back to feel at home again.
Just some thoughts on what I heard tonight, take it for what you will.
