I’ve been at work at my new job for 3 days now. Not counting the days we have been looking for a place to live when we all move later. This week is very busy. I wanted to give you just a glimpse into my day.
Today we did 5 shoots.
We spent the morning hauling gear to the room we would shoot in, and then taught 8 high school students from a nearby district about video production. In particular, they had a comedy skit they wanted to shoot. We set up, explaining as we went. Then we spent about an hour and a half shooting the angles we needed. Then the students asked all the questions they wanted. They went back with the footage to edit together their video.
At lunch we rolled record an a 3 video teaching segment for an online membership class. Then in the evening we shot 3 couples who gave testimonies about their experiences in Financial Peace University.
Some pretty different projects. But all worthwhile and rewarding in their own way. This weekend we start the series of shoots for the major Christmas project.
Today is my last day in the office at PSAV. I will still technically be employed through the end of the week, but I won’t be actually working.
PSAV is a pretty good company. They don’t pay nearly enough, but if you work hard you can quickly get promoted. I was promoted twice in 10 months. They have really good benefits. It’s a nice place to work, if you like tech and AV.
I mean, it’s a corporate job. And corporations sometimes make dumb decisions. And every job has frustrations, but overall I was happy to work there.
You hear me when I call, You are my morning song
Though darkness fills the night, It cannot hide the light
Whom shall I fear
You crush the enemy, Underneath my feet
You are my sword and shield, Though troubles linger still
Whom shall I fear
I know who goes before me, I know who stands behind
The God of angel armies, Is always by my side
The one who reigns forever, He is a friend of mine
The God of angel armies, Is always by my side
My strength is in Your name, For You alone can save
You will deliver me, Yours is the victory
Whom shall I fear
And nothing formed against me shall stand, You hold the whole world in Your hands
I’m holding on to Your promises
You are faithful
Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies)
By Chris Tomlin, Ed Cash and Scott Cash, EMI
Tonight at church I sang a song I hadn’t sung in almost a year. I posted the lyrics above. A little over a year ago Chris Tomlin released a new record, and this was one of the songs from it that churches began to sing in worship. I liked it, catchy tune. Easy to sing.
Not too long after that my work world was rocked by the abrupt explosion of my main freelance gig. In one swoop I lost half my income. I was forced to dive into my corporate AV gig, working too many hours for not enough pay. As I watched my time with family shrink at the same time our savings dwindled, listening to this song was hard.
The one who goes before me? Who stands behind? Who walks beside me? Where was he when my employment took a dive? I take my responsibilities to provide for my family very seriously. I felt like I had been left open on this one.
I knew, of course, that things could be much worse. I had a home, food, and even full medical from my place of under-employment. But I still had some issues with the situation. This was a new experience for me. I was frustrated.
I knew that God was with us. I believed that he had plans for our good (Jer 29:11) and that all of this would somehow work together for our good (Rom 8:28). But I wasn’t feeling that at all. It was hard to see it in day to day life. The song would come on the radio or up in my playlist, and I would listen and feel frustrated.
Fast forward to tonight. In three days I travel to Texas to start the next chapter of my life. I’m going to be doing something I love at a great church. We really feel God brought us to this place, at the time. So when that song started tonight, I had a totally different experience.
If the events of last year never happened, the likelihood of us ever moving to Texas would have been greatly reduced. The things I have learned while trusting God to provide this past year… I’m not saying you should run out and take a job that pays half what you need to live, but you really learn to trust him in this kind of thing. God really was going before, behind, and beside us.
I’m always amazed at the way you experience worship based on where you are in life, and how God is dealing with you at that time.
How do your circumstances effect your worship experiences?
I have accepted the position of Video Content Creator at Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview, TX. The job has three main areas: media volunteer development and training, live multi camera video, and video production.
I start at the end of the month. And we are super excited! it’s a big answer to prayer.
If you’ve been reading this blog, you know God has been working for a while. For over a year I have been underemployed. That was after a year of doing freelance work while I worked on my TV show. So for 2 years we either didn’t have steady income or didn’t have enough income. I still vividly remember when my main freelance client evaporated in an ugly fashion. I remember when my car died, and we didn’t have money for a new one. I remember when we felt God wanted us to sell our home.
But God, Jehovah Jireh, provided. No bill was unpaid. No meal was missed. Every need we had was taken care of. In the meantime God began to work in our lives to bring us to Mobberly Baptist.
I can tell you, I didn’t just wake up one day and decide to move to east Texas. But if you look at what I have trained to do, what I have experience doing, and have been learning to do, this new position fits very well. And I really like the way they work, and the people I will be working with. Mandy and I feel this is God’s plan for us.
The very first project I will jump feet-first into is a major series of shoots for Christmas. Lots of locations and lots of cast.
Everyone is very excited about the move. Way too much to do to get ready for the transition.
Some of you may be wondering about the film projects I have been working on. I still have three short film scripts and a feature length one completed. I am still working on more feature length projects. I still expect to shoot those projects, but we will be based in east Texas now. One of the things I want to do there is what I was able to do here in Orlando: build a community of Christian filmmakers who want to create content with a biblical worldview.
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