Sunday – Poetry

Reading – Ecclesiastes 11-12

Highlight Verse:

“Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭11‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

My perfectionist heart cringes.

But I want it to be just right.

Maybe the weather will be better next week.

Fortunately, many years of experience usually overrules my perfectionist tendencies.

On one such experience, I managed to get a ticket to a Christian concert festival at a big farm in New Jersey. (I lived near Philadelphia at the time).

The only problem was the remnants of a hurricane were due to blow through the area that day.

The event went on, though not exactly as planned.

The main stage faced the rain-filled wind. It never opened.

But the worship tent was active all day and the alternative stage gave me new respect for the likes of MXPX and KJ52 who performed straight through downpours.

After KJ52 finished I met a few artists at their merch tables in a big tent. I spent the next couple of hours with a group of guys helping push cars out of the muddy fields.

When I finally arrived home, I was covered head to toe with mud.

It was one of the best days of that otherwise lousy year.

Sure, the biggest bands never got to play, and I ruined a brand-new T-shirt, but I got to meet a bunch of interesting people. I got to jam out in the rain to some awesome new-to-me rock and hip-hop. And I got some great stories to tell.

So, the next time the weather threatens to dampen your big event, prepare to dance in the rain!

Have you ever danced in the rain? Are you willing to try?
Can you share stories of when things didn’t go as planned but turned out better?