May 3, 2016. Eureka Springs, AR. If I were in Charge..........

Have you ever been in a situation where you were frustrated by the "rules of the game" or felt like you could be a better boss than the boss you were "stuck" with? Have you ever just reached the limit of your patience and maybe even walked away, quit or "burned your bridges" in total despair and desperation?
Yes, I've been there, too. Overworked, under appreciated, underpaid, exhausted, sick and tired, tense and burned out. I read a devotional a few days ago about someone in that very situation. He asked God to give him control of the weather so it wouldn't be too hot, too cold, too windy or too "whatever" for him, and when God did he realized that it wasn't all that easy to balance everything in such a way that everyone was happy. He ended up giving control back to God and concluded that God was a much better God than he thought and he himself made a pretty lousy one.
That devotional made me take another close look at what Karen and I are doing here at the Passion Play and what we do in Georgia during the winter. We have found two less than perfect ministries with a lot of less than perfect paid staff and volunteers, and a shortage of people to do the jobs which need to be done. Everyone tries their best, even if their best is not perfect, and sometimes the jobs need to be done again or again or again. But we can only do so much and in most cases what we don't finish today will be there for us tomorrow. We're glad we're here, glad we're doing what we're doing, really glad we are not in charge, glad we're also less than perfect, and praying that we will have most things in decent order when the gates open Friday morning.
There will still be leaves to rake, weeds to pull, merchandise to put on display, details of the Holy Land presentations to be fine-tuned, roles to fill in the Play and dispositions to be brightened. But, hopefully we will all do our best, reevaluate our motives for being here and let God run the "show"; trusting Him for the right people to be here to work and volunteer; trusting that our patron and guests will be favorably impacted by what they encounter here, and knowing that in the end this is but a temporary stop in a temporary home and the best is yet to come. Thank You, Lord, for being in control and allowing us to be part of Your team.

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