Mike Edmisten Follower of Jesus. Husband of Nicki. Father of Ryan & Brock. Communicator of the Word.

ACMAs – Not Perfect

This year's ACMAs were great, but not perfect.

As Garth Brooks was singing a medley of his many hits, he made a very obvious mistake when he started singing one measure too soon.

Reba McEntire joined Brooks & Dunn as they sang their new song, Put a Girl In It. Reba botched a few lines in the song.

A couple of times, the cameras briefly focused on the wrong person.

Such is life when you're doing live TV. The show was excellent, as I noted in my previous post. But it wasn't perfect. Because it was live, there was no editing. No do-overs. And we got a chance to see that wealthy celebrities can still flub up.

As I said in the last post, the church should pursue excellence because God deserves it. He deserves our very best effort…but that effort will never result in perfection.

Every Sunday, something will inevitably go wrong in our worship experiences. It just happens. We simply have to accept it, if…

and this is a big IF…

we should accept the mistake if it was not a result of poor preparation.

The mistakes I saw on the ACMAs were obviously not a result of poor planning. They were simply the result of imperfect people being just that…imperfect.

I can easily accept the fact that people aren't perfect. Mistakes in our services happen weekly, and I'm totally cool with it…unless the mistake sprang our of poor preparation. If we make a mistake because we're not prepared, then that goes back to the mode of thinking I addressed in my previous post. That is approaching church with a lackadaisical attitude instead of an attitude of excellent preparation.

If we come into church and make mistakes as a result of poor preparation, that is unacceptable.

If we come into church and make mistakes because we're imperfect people, that is not only acceptable…it's healthy.

It's a healthy reminder that, despite our best efforts, we'll never achieve perfection. That's why we have a perfect Savior!