In August the Passion Play faces a host of changes as the summer winds down, autumn begins, school is back in session and the freedom of summer for many turns into the busyness and clutter of lives in transition. Karen and I are blessed to have the freedom to travel where and when we want, to not have financial stress, to not have family obligations which tie us down or limit us in our life style. We have had times when life was not joyful or particularly pleasant, but in this season of our life, we are content.
This week we only had two performance days and they were not easy or smooth ones in the Holy Land or on the set of the play. We were short of workers, actors and customers and long on the need for patience, restraint and dealing with the unexpected. We made it through and next week as Karen and I have my brother and sister-in-law visiting us, we will be adding to the woes of the play as we will be less available for our usual volunteer duties. It will be different for us, but we too need the change of season and pray that there will be others who can pick up the slack and bear the extra load. We trust God for bringing the right people at the right time as He has always done in the past. When we try to do it all ourself, or think we are the only ones to do a certain task, we get in God's way and dictate to Him what we want rather than be obedient to what He wants, and accept that He is more than capable of doing what needs to be done without us for the moment.
God is still on His throne and still in control of everything. Let the new season bring what it may, and just let God be God. It will be okay and His will will be done and His Kingdom will be expanded and stretched beyond this place to all places. Remember REST stands for Release Everything Starting Today. Thank You, Lord.
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