I probably never will for that matter. Some time ago my son was in a recital because he had been taking drum lessons. When the time came for him to play, he broke down and wouldn't play. A gentleman came up to him afterwards and talked to him. He asked my son if he likes the drum. When I told him that he loves the drums, he asked if we wanted to go to the Drum Corps that comes to North Central College in Naperville. I told him sure and he informed me that the event was June 20th and he leave the tickets at the place that was putting on the recital (which is where his wife worked). Oh no! My sisters graduation party was that day at 4:00. I just hoped that they wouldn't be at the same time. A few weeks later, I called the office about the tickets and they put me through to his wife. I asked her what time the show was and she told me that it started at 7:00. I explained that I wouldn't be able to attend since the 20th is the day of my sister's graduation party. She informed me that it wasn't on the 20th, but the 27th. Awesome! That works.
So on to today...
We have been looking forward to this for awhile now, not even knowing what it really was. We got there and there were ppl everywhere. You could only park on one side of the street and there were cars galore. I didn't realize it is as big as is it. We had to park at least 7 blocks from the event. It was a nice outside though and Dylan and I enjoyed our walk. We managed to find our way to the event by follow the flow of traffic. I had an extra seat and so I gave it to the ticket people to sell if they could since we didn't need it. It appeared to me that a gentleman in line bought that ticket. A few minutes after we sat down, there was a situation where some people didn't have there seats because a couple was not were they belonged. At one point, they attempted to sit in the one seat that was next to me. I told them that someone was sitting there. They went to look for somewhere else to sit. That gentleman never came, so I think maybe he bought a different ticket. But what a Godsend that was.
A few minutes later they announced that there was a storm coming through and we would move to the shelters till it brushed over and then resume. I prayed that the storm would go around us and that ppl would know that it was God's doing. The first act went and they were pretty good. After they were down, the gentleman announced that the storm may just skip us. I told Dylan that I had prayed that the storm would go around us. The next act went and they were HORRIBLE and that's being nice. My biggest complaints about them were that during one of their songs the girls in the flag corps were doing sexual moves (even my son mentioned it to me later) and they had girls that could not do the proper moves (due to be overweight).
Well after that performance, it lightninged so they told us to take shelter. A bunch of ppl left, but a bunch stayed. The ppl a couple of rows behind us stayed. They were wearing Cavalier shirts (the organization that puts the show on and they have a Drum Corps as well), so Dylan and I started talking to them. They told us that as the competition goes on the groups get better and of course the Cavaliers were amazing to watch. Dylan & I got really excited about seeing these guys (all guys and 151 we learned later) perform. A few minutes passed and more lightening. They told us we all had to evacuate to shelter. I texted my friend and asked him to pray that it wouldn't rain where I was.
While we were hanging out waiting for the weather to pass over, Dylan and I got a chance to talk to some of the Cavalier guys and of course that just excited us even more about watching them play. About 40 minutes after we were evacuated it started raining and after about 20 minutes of rain they cancelled the show.
So now Dylan and I had to walk over 7 blocks in the rain with no umbrella, coat or anything, after seeing only two acts and being pumped up about seeing the rest. Neither one of us was very happy.
I know that God is good and that things happen for a reason, but sometimes, make that most of the time, I just don't get it. And the bigger problem isn't that I don't get it, but that I don't know how to handle it. God knew that when those tickets were given to us, it was going to rain and be cancelled. The Bible tells us that every good and perfect gift comes from God. So why did He even give us those tickets to begin with. I struggle with the notion that God is loving and kind and yet it appears that He gave me something good and then it was yanked from me. Either by His doing or His allowing. I feel like He set me up for disappointment. But y? Dylan was so heartbroken that he didn't get to see the rest of the show and quite frankly so was I. I don't even know how to explain it properly. I'm angry that Dylan and I were given what seemed like a blessing, but yet now seems like a bad thing. I just don't get it.
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