Mumford and Sons: Are you ready?

On Friday morning Paul won tickets to go see Mumford and Sons. We were stoked.

We have been trying to figure out a way to see them for a while now; but finances, availability of tickets, and time have prevented us. So to be able to go see them in concert was an amazing gift. Thanks KROQ.

We expected the tickets to be for a large venure and we most likely had nose bleed seats. What we received was so much more than we imagined; much more than we were prepared for.

When Paul called for the details he was told it was for a pre-grammy party at a small venue with a dress code. The dress code caught me off guard, as it was described as “club” and I had no idea what that meant.

Luckily, I have a few fashion savy friends who answered my plea for a definition; it meant to dress to impress, no jeans, no tennis shoes. This put me in a panic stage of mind as I didn’t think I had anything to match this description with the exception of a pair of high heels. I don’t own anything between vintagesque cali beach bum and formal attire. 

Paul and I power shopped through the mall, which is one of my least favorite experiences in the world, and found me a dress. I managed to wrangle my hair into something resembling an up-do. I put on make-up without overdoing the smokey-eyes into you lost a battle with a ninja black eyes. All in all I think we managed to pull it off.

The show was amazing; the entire evening was amazing. 

However, I couldn’t quite shake the feeling it would be a little more amazing if I had been more prepared. If I had in my bag of tricks an easy up-do which worked everytime. If I put enough effort into wearing makeup that I didn’t panic every time I wanted to be a little fancy. If in my closet, I had one dress which always looked amazing so I didn’t have to panic shop at the last minute. If I had a little more self confidence in who I am so I would be prepared for any situation; especially those which are beyond my imagination.

This has been a recurring question in my times with God and in my life: Are you ready? 

I feel like everytime I ask Him for the dream, He simply quietly asks, “are you ready?” I think this is an important question, because God doesn’t ever want to just answer our prayers, He wants to go above and beyond. God knows we dream too small and He wants to give us life, and life more abundantly.

But we have to do our part.  We can’t expect God to reward our laziness. We have to give of our time, talents and teasures in the pursuit of the dream. So we can be as prepared as possible for whereever His plans take us. I am fully confident He will reward the little we have to offer with amazing things if we are faithful in doing so.

¹⁰ Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”

Malachi 3:10

Continuing the adventure,

Jess