Cinco de Mayo and Hard Rock Music

Ecclesiastes 4.1
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens" 

'Tis the season for churros, tacos and habaneros! This is the time of year when every Gringo this side of the border is celebrating everything Mexicana! I need an antacid tablet just thinking about it. Not because of the food but instead because of a sour memory associated with this holiday.
Not long ago, I was a rock star. No, really. We were very popular... in the small towns of Sebastian, Fellsmere and Vero Beach, Florida. Some weeks we played 3 times in one week! Truth be told, you don't have to have an amazing band to get lots of gigs- just play everywhere for free and you'll be playing enough gigs to give you a rock star complex.

We were often invited to play at big events (usually for non-profits and churches), so it wasn't unusual when the president of a ministry helping struggling Mexican family's asked us to play for their Cinco de Mayo celebration.

As any Punk/Hard Rock band, we kicked off the night with some of our crowd pleasers that usually get people pumped. Instead people in cowboy attire just walked by staring at us and probably wondering how those gringos got this gig. During a short intermission, someone brought a CD with mariachi music on it to be played. People began dancing in front of the stage- until we started playing again! By the end of the second set it was beginning to look like a scene out of Blues Brothers. What a disaster!

The problem is that we got so distracted by performing, that we forgot about who was listening.

As Christians we can fall into the same performance complex. We can become so absorbed with performance and measuring up against others that we forget who this life is really lived for.

 Galatians 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

We can either get really busy or rest in Him.

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