Wah whoooo, Post 100, This a milestone for me; not that I was aiming for it. I just realized that this was my 100 post after about 7 months. In truth I will be more ecstatic when I get 100 comments because that means people are reading, people are interested and people are willing to offer their own opinion and knowledge.
So the question is what do I write about? What awesome topic? Well I have been meaning to talk about this for some time: Contentment vs Mediocrity.
I am a Christian and I am supposed to be Content with a capital C. While this may be true generally I do not believe that it means that I must wallow in mediocrity. The contradiction comes when we as Christians are expected to lead lives of excellence; excellence in all that we do for God and fellow man. Our Church services must be excellent in honour of God and our effort to reach the lost. As Christians in the work place we must do our best as if we are doing in for Jesus. Considering what Jesus did for us we should at least give our best. Ok, it is not really possible to live completely at that standard and maybe that is where the contentment comes.
But from my point of view as a volunteer editor, compositor and cameraman, I find myself feeling discontent everyday with the way things are going. Technical things like lighting, image quality and sound seem to get sidelined with comments like “I am sure it will be ok”, “You can fix it on the Computer”, “It’s too much effort to set up the lights, lets film this outside where we do not need them”; it sometimes drives me nuts.
Anyway I get stuck in this quandary between being content and the strive for excellence. Things like my Wish List are proof of that. While I; personally, or the Church will never be able to afford an item on that list (other than an act of God), I still believe that one day I will sit in front of that setup because I believe that editing someone’s testimony on how they came to Jesus deserves the best effort on the best equipment. Well that’s my opinion, I know that wisdom and reality will temper that but not my faith.
