put the lights on the tree.

God is good.  The weekend that I mentioned in my last post was INSANE!! All of the events were amazing, and God was glorified.

Throughout the process of building a giant tree out of PVC pipe and a hodge podge of christmas lights, I was incredibly anxious, frustrated, and full of stress and despair.  The tree was suposed to be done by tuesday of that week;  I didn't put the final touches on the tree until 1pm on Friday and the party started at 5.  Things just continually went wrong,  wrong materials, missing tools/materials, not enough guys to help.  I went to at least 5 different hardware stores throughout the span of that week.  As the ridiculousness of this project was becoming more and more apparent (a 30' tree on a roof built by volunteers....)  the more bitter I became towards leadership.  I finally realized that the reason that I was having such a horrible week wasn't anyone's fault but my own.  I was the one who was doubting that God would get glory through this, I was the one who was frustrated with my own lack of construction knowledge, I was the one who once again waited to close to the last minute to get the right people to sign on to this project.  In the end God led me to repentance and I got to light the tree with Dana Jill and just rest in the fact that God works despite our lack of trust in him.  200+ people came out to the Belltown Christmas tree lighting ceremony, a friend of mine proposed to his girlfriend on stage, and hopefully some people got to feel Christ love for them.

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