Don’t ever tell me that prayer doesn’t work.
Jesus uses it to work miracles.
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I don’t know if you know how much work it takes to design lights for a show. It takes hours. Hours and hours of dedicated, intense work sitting over a computer and running back and forth changing light bulbs and checking scripts. For Wonka, we have three geniuses who designed the lights: Breilen, Peter and Adam. They have put in over 20 hours and we are all so thankful.
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A few days ago, I was helping Adam finish up a few final light cues for the hour as people practicing swirled around us. He and Breilen had already worked for over 3 hours that morning and we were crossing one more thing off the never-ending list. Adam was typing in the final cue when a message flashed onto the screen.
EON has encountered a problem and needs to close.
“No way.” Adam whispered as my pulse picked up. He kept up the whispered “This is not happening!” as he began pushing buttons and when the system rebooted, nothing was there.
The song floated through my head “If we’ve ever needed you, Lord, it’s now.”
His face drained of any color, Adam sent his chair flying. “I need to go get Breilen.”
Me? I sat there and prayed, prayed harder then I ever had for a computer system and a bunch of lightbulbs.
A few minutes later, Adam and Breilen were there again. Breilen sat down-he too a bit paler then usual. At his first move of the mouse, the screen lit up and cues filled the space we all stared so hard at.
“Well... I think I see everything...” Breilen glanced at each of us, a bit puzzled.
“That was so not there a few minutes ago.” Adam choked out. Glancing at me, they knelt around the board, watching all their morning work load before their eyes.
As Breilen went back to practice, (the show’s kinda named after him, he’s Willy Wonka!) I looked up into Adam’s face towering above me.
“I was praying so hard... Jesus is here, Adam. He’s watching out for us.”
Jesus uses it to work miracles.
~~~~~~~
I don’t know if you know how much work it takes to design lights for a show. It takes hours. Hours and hours of dedicated, intense work sitting over a computer and running back and forth changing light bulbs and checking scripts. For Wonka, we have three geniuses who designed the lights: Breilen, Peter and Adam. They have put in over 20 hours and we are all so thankful.
~~~~~~
A few days ago, I was helping Adam finish up a few final light cues for the hour as people practicing swirled around us. He and Breilen had already worked for over 3 hours that morning and we were crossing one more thing off the never-ending list. Adam was typing in the final cue when a message flashed onto the screen.
EON has encountered a problem and needs to close.
“No way.” Adam whispered as my pulse picked up. He kept up the whispered “This is not happening!” as he began pushing buttons and when the system rebooted, nothing was there.
The song floated through my head “If we’ve ever needed you, Lord, it’s now.”
His face drained of any color, Adam sent his chair flying. “I need to go get Breilen.”
Me? I sat there and prayed, prayed harder then I ever had for a computer system and a bunch of lightbulbs.
A few minutes later, Adam and Breilen were there again. Breilen sat down-he too a bit paler then usual. At his first move of the mouse, the screen lit up and cues filled the space we all stared so hard at.
“Well... I think I see everything...” Breilen glanced at each of us, a bit puzzled.
“That was so not there a few minutes ago.” Adam choked out. Glancing at me, they knelt around the board, watching all their morning work load before their eyes.
As Breilen went back to practice, (the show’s kinda named after him, he’s Willy Wonka!) I looked up into Adam’s face towering above me.
“I was praying so hard... Jesus is here, Adam. He’s watching out for us.”
I can still hear Adam’s reply, his voice still a bit trembly as his fingers took a break from pushing all the save buttons.
“Lindsey, I think that’s what saved us because both you and I know... Our work was gone. He really is good.”
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Yes, Adam. He really is.
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