A friend of mine posted on facebook this morning that tomorrow he is doing an audition and he needed help. He has a great voice, but he wanted a musician to come in and accompany him. I suggested he have our drummer friend accompany him, so as a result of my humorous post, I got to see the posts from everyone else all day long. And, at the end of the day, I had to laugh.
Did anyone offer to help accompany him? No. The comments were all things like "Break a leg" and "Good luck", "Let me know how it goes." One person even liked his post. I realize that my comment did not really help him, but I figured that with all the musicians that he would know in his line of work, someone would step up.
When I spoke to him, he said somebody did volunteer, but we did have a laugh at the idea that people were more excited about the audition and not really helping him out. Whereas, if no one helps him out, then no audition will happen.
We discussed the idea further and I compared it to how God hears us pray. We kneel down with the kids and we ask him to bless the sick and needy, to comfort the widows and feed the hungry. Each night, the same things are said, but he probably scratches his head wondering when all these great praying people actually get off their butts and bless the sick and needy, comfort the widows and feed the hungry. I trust that he does his job, but wonders why we don't do ours.
