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- Currently working on a feature film called The Baptism of Chloe Foy that is being produced by the GNYC-Media Center and Youth Departments.
Friday, November 26, 2010
All the days of my appointed time will I wait...
1:14 PM | 
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7Vials Media
Job 14:14 ...all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come...
I think the last time we shot a frame of footage for The Baptism of Chloe Foy was in late August. You can imagine my frustration. It's the end of November and I always hoped we would be finished by now, instead we've probably shot about 20% of the movie, and some of that will need to be re-shot.
Between August and now, it's been long stays in the hospital, antibiotics, scary misdiagnoses, decisions about surgery, a threatened pregnancy, a very active one year old son, and seriously, every distraction that could be thrown my way.
I'm old fashioned in that I'm one of those Christians who still believe that there are enemies in the unseen world that attack us when we're on the move for the Lord. There's something about this ministry that irritates the enemy. Perhaps it's the fact that we're trying to focus on strengthening the spirituality of the youth which is in direct conflict with what the enemy wants for the youth. Or maybe the enemy feels cinema is a territory that he wants all to himself. I don't know for sure.
I think the last time we shot a frame of footage for The Baptism of Chloe Foy was in late August. You can imagine my frustration. It's the end of November and I always hoped we would be finished by now, instead we've probably shot about 20% of the movie, and some of that will need to be re-shot.
Between August and now, it's been long stays in the hospital, antibiotics, scary misdiagnoses, decisions about surgery, a threatened pregnancy, a very active one year old son, and seriously, every distraction that could be thrown my way.
I'm old fashioned in that I'm one of those Christians who still believe that there are enemies in the unseen world that attack us when we're on the move for the Lord. There's something about this ministry that irritates the enemy. Perhaps it's the fact that we're trying to focus on strengthening the spirituality of the youth which is in direct conflict with what the enemy wants for the youth. Or maybe the enemy feels cinema is a territory that he wants all to himself. I don't know for sure.
The only thing I know for certain is that it takes a high level of concentration to make a film and I have been overwhelmed and bombarded with distractions. Sometimes these distractions feel supernatural.
I pray about it, and the distractions just keep on coming. Somewhere along the way I've come to realize that the distractions are going to be there: the setbacks, the missteps, the false starts, the frustrations... they will always be there weighing me down and trying to get me to stop; trying to convince me to give up.
But here's the deal, the distractions will always be there, but Jesus will always be there too. My mistake has been asking the Lord to take the distractions away, but I've learned that He wants me to develop the mindset to work through the distractions all the while knowing that He will not give me more than I can bear. When the weight gets heavy, He'll help me carry it.
I need to have more than a cerebral understanding of enduring in the Lord. I need this so that I can carry on to the end. I need this because these are the ideas that I have to transmit in my ministry and I can't write about these concepts if they are not personal to me. It's one thing to read the story of Job, but it's another to experience some of what he's gone through. I'm not Job, and what I'm going through cannot compare to all that he lost, but the idea of waiting on Lord is something that I can relate to.
With supernatural confidence I know that we will finish this film, because Jesus is with us. I know this ministry will be a blessing because Jesus is with it. And I know I will endure until the end because Jesus is with me. So "...all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come."
Thank you for your patience, and please keep us in your never ending prayers...
blessings....
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