About a week ago I was scrolling through my small group pictures planning to pick out goofy faces to use for something. The thought came to my head "Slide show". Monika's friend CLaire had just visited and had showed us where Windows Movie Maker was. So I started what I thought would be a short little movie that would take maybe a couple hours. Instead it turned into a multiple day project. I ended up making a 30 minute movie.
Wasted time, not quite.
Making this movie first reminded myself of a flaw I didn't think I had and then helped me correct it. Patience. I always thought I had a ton of patience. This past month I've been realizing as soon as the thought crosses my mind that I don't have a particular flaw, God shortly reminds me that I infact have such said flaw. Patience, I discovered, I lack. When making the movie because my computer doesn't have enough memory to handle such a large project, it often crashed which means if you didn't save you are going to have to redo somethings. It crashed many times and I got really frustrated. It was also slow at doing what seemed to me, small tasks. After a couple crashes I learned that I have no patience. But I found peace. "1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9..10" I would count slowly when it was taking for ever. I also saved quite often.
Patience is important because there is no point in freaking out over something that you have no control over. I also discovered that patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit, an overlooked fruit I might say. Patience not only in everyday life but also with God. I've waited for God's response many times before. "Wait for the Lord, Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord" We are promised patience. Even though I'm still not that patient I atleast realized another one of my flaws that Christ covers up, thank you.
It's funny that the lesson I learned before my answered prayer was patience because that is what I needed. I've been waiting many weeks. I prayed that God would put desires on my heart so that I could have some direction in my life. While making the movie I discovered a desire to make movies, not box office movies but little movies like for my small group. I don't know how it might play a role in my life but I can diffently see the potential that this desire be used to glorify God. In fact at prayer this morning they showed a little slideshow thing. I could help the church make slide shows. On sunday we watched a movie about a program they are going to do this summer for kids. I could help make such movies. I could use this desire in a number of ways.
I know this is a long blog but the simple message is, even though I spent many hours making a 30 minute video that won't last for eternity, I was informed of a human flaw of mine and a desire was revealed. God was working in that time, praise him. Not too mention it was a good fun way to finish the year.
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