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We were in the park again tonight, for the weekly Wednesday Night Concert in the Park. We begin the night with a couple of our songs and then I turn into the emcee for the night, and the feature band takes over from there.
After things get going with that band, there is usually a moment where I get to look around and just take in everything that I have worked so hard to make happen… and it’s a bit weird… 🙂
On one hand, it is sooo cool and rewarding to just see the fruit of your labor… to know THIS is what you worked SO hard for. There has been much stress, lots of tiredness, some frustration… but in the end, a really really great event for our community and lots of people out enjoying a free night of great stuff. The people and the business owners and everyone just really enjoying being a part of the same community. Very, very cool.
On the other hand, there was an odd sort of feeling of ‘I’m really not that important, am I?’ that was creeping in there as well. I had to slip away for a brief moment, and when I did I thought … whoa, there are like 200 people here having fun, and I made that happen… but it is SO MUCH bigger than me… like, they don’t even care about me at all right now. This event has now become its own thing. 🙂
So all really, really good. Really. God’s Kingdom on display. People being loved. People enjoying community. Relationships being formed. Good music (those RPO Marimba guys, and gal… were grrrrreat!)
And I was hugely the reason for it and completely unnecessary to it at the same time.
Go figure.
🙂