So I went to my first read through of the skit. All was going well and I hit a little bunp in the road during the reading. The first was a word that begins with F and ends with G. I replaced it with freaking. The director okayed it and we went on. The next was God. I replaced that with Gosh. Not sure how he felt about that. Then we got to a word that begins with S and ends with t. Replaced with crud. Okay, I am probably upsetting the director by now but I just couldn’t compromise my faith for a place on stage. Then it came to unbuttoning my top shirt button and kissing one of the cast members. EEEEPPPPP! NOT ME! I don’t care if I am acting. I love my Jim and I felt that if I did this God would not be glorified. I felt absolutely nauseated thinking of kissing someone else even if it was just acting. If I was payed a million dollars and it was a movie that led people to Christ-that might be a different story! But since I would never come upon this opportunity, I will just continue kissing the most amazing man in the whole world-my Jim.
So the end result-I am not in the play. Good news though, I felt that God was so glorified in my decision and I left a great example to those people. Hey, they want me to come back and this would be really cool. I will make sure I know what the heck I am doing before I go next time!
As I went back a read my previous post about the play, I stated that I couldn’t wait to see what God would do with this in the community. And he did, he showed that he is a gracious and faithful Father and for his names sake, It has been a glorifing triumph for His Kingdom. I love my Father!
