It hit me today like a ton of bricks. Harder than I had expected it.
The past 72 hours had become a blur. Our middle school small groups headed out Friday on a retreat hosted by Young Life at a camp south of Charleston. So much of my rainy weekend was spent trekking back and forth between camp and home to be with my 8.9 month pregnant wife. With all that our dear friends who recently moved out of state to plant a church were in town on a special trip. Piled up on all that we had our final informational meeting on the confirmation process Sunday morning and a packed middle and high school youth group Sunday night. Whewww....
Not complaining. Part of me secretly loves the fray. However what I wasn't ready for was at 1pm today my body basically said ENOUGH. I was fried. Physically, emotionally, and mentally. It forced me to slow down.
I had a chance to ponder...
Here's what I came up with
- I'm thankful for a church that allows me time to tend my soul after a long weekend.
- I'm thankful for my wife who knowing full well what she was getting in to three years ago took the plunge anyway.
- I'm thankful for leaders who took the lion share this weekend and served their hearts out in the name of Jesus.
- I'm thankful for scripture which continually reminds me that it's Jesus not me.
- I'm thankful for tomorrow. In which i'm completly looking foward to charging in again under the banner of "the one who loved me and gave himself for me"
1 comments:
In addition, I think there are a lot of people thankful for the amount of work you do for the kids and their parents. The leader of youth will never be an easy road and will never be a forgotten role. I commend you sir.
And I'm thankful you got some rest.
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