Acting Up

Isn't it something when you've had a great day and you come home to some news that just bursts your bubble? Yup. That was my day today. Got a lot done at work. Feeling accomplished, I left a bit early to stop at the car wash and then catch an Improv show at Upright Citizen's Brigade. My friend bailed out on seeing the show with me, but I ran into some classmates from my Improv class, so I had a few familiar faces to sit with. After finally making it home around 10pm, I check my phone and see an email from my agent.

I regret to inform you....

Well, that's never a good start. And it ended exactly as I expected. I'd been dropped like a hot potato. Ok. No representation does not mean the end of the world. I still have a manager that I trust and believe in who believes in me. And if this is a test of my faith in myself, then it will soon prove to be a TESTament. This is a tough business that if you don't know who you are and where you're going-the Industry will break you. Lucky for me, I know where I come from and I know where I'm going. And I'll get there by the grace of God.

As soon as I got the email, I looked back in my notes from a message I got at church a few weeks ago. And the message re-affirmed my immediate reaction. God has plans to do radical things with my life. To use me in ways that I can't envision or even fathom in my limited vision. And by that-I'm not talking about just my career. Because although acting is my passion, serving God and being of service to His people is my purpose. Acting is the medium He will use to prosper me and in turn, prosper others.

So this news doesn't break me. Not even close. It allows me to surrender even further to the will of God working in my life. Because I KNOW he has not brought me through so many dark places, bad relationships and experiences to bring me to this place of blessing and prosperity and then allow me fail. One door may have closed, but that's because God is pulling the roof off the house to pour down His blessings in incredible ways. And I welcome this change with open arms, eager to acknowledge that it's through His grace that I've become a success.