We came in late today, due to the snow, and we’ll probably head home a bit early (due to the melting snow re-freezing as I type this).  So it was nice to sleep in a bit this morning . . . but it’s put me behind all day long.

All these little things, all necessary, but one thing after another keeps popping up that I have to do . . . none of it on my to-do list for today.  When the database freezes, I cant just put that off till later.  I keep getting calls like that, all day long.  Usually I dont mind, but today I’m trying to concept out a video that we’re going to shoot Thursday and show Sunday.  I have the main ideas, but I have to work them into an overall concept and then get down to the specifics of the thing.

The big project is the D-TOX video for Sunday.  D-TOX is our theme for the year here at DFA.  Getting rid of all the spiritual (and physical) junk that’s built up over the years is the jist of the thing.  It also stands for Discipline through Training and Obedience . . . meaning we need to get back into God’s Word and stop being lax about it.

But to come up with a funny (yet dealing with serious issues) video that explains the theme for the rest of the year . . . well that takes some thinking time.  Time when I dont have any distractions but can just kind of focus on the video concept . . . uninterrupted.  I guess all the interruptions, needed as they are  just keep blocking me from making any progress on a task that I’m already behind on. 

I wish my brain could come up with these ideas faster.  And you know, each time I do a video (like a good one, not just a mindless announcement video thing) I get a little better at it.  But it’s such a struggle to get these things started.  Then I read this on Ben Arment’s blog (found HERE) . . . he writes:

“God doesn’t allow one, single experience to be wasted on you.  What you think might have been a worthless endeavor, a big mistake, or a pointless job was exactly what God needed you to experience for what’s coming ahead.

What if heartbreak and setback were qualifications for your dream? What if your dream required thick skin and you didn’t have it? Would you be okay with facing letdown after letdown if it helped prepare you?

Oswald Chambers says, “Before God can use a man greatly, he must wound him deeply.” Are you willing to accept pain for greatness?”

Not that I’m after ‘greatness’, and I dont see any of this as a ‘set back’ . . . but lately my job has been increasingly difficult due to many factors (that I cant go into here or now) and I guess today it just all came to a head when I just couldn’t even get this huge project STARTED.

Though it’s frustrating . . . every ‘setback’ is just making me a better person . . . helping me to do my job better. 

Though today was a frustriating day, I did get a lot acomplished and helped a lot of people.  And if this video turns out crappy . . . well then so be it.  I’ll just have to make sure the next one is that much better.

So we here in the Middle Tennessee area, along with most of the South East, got several inches of snow and ice.  Here in Dickson, right in the middle of the state, we got about 4 inches of snow that was then compacted about an inch by some freezing rain falling on top of it . . . and then we got more snow.  Or, in more rural terms . . . we got snow up past our ankles ! 

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