For those of you faithful few who keep up with my blogs from week to week, the build up mentioned last week has begun to fully sink in. For those of you who are fair weather readers, I am talking about a build up of things I haven't gotten around to doing yet (or have put off).
Anyways, the combination of special holiday services, fundraiser dinners, and church events have got my calender almost as full as my brain. In addition to these seasonal happenings, our church is beginning to look at some new changes, most of which revolve around our worship services. So things are starting to get somewhat busy (keyword: "somewhat"... I'm not overwhelmed or anything).
Folks, I have to be honest here.
I like it.
I enjoy doing these sorts of things.
Planning, contacting, preparing.
Studying, researching, thinking.
Asking questions, surveying congregation members, listening to people's ideas and concerns. It's all part of what I do here and it's all awesome. My work load has increased, but not uncomfortably. I'm using my God-given gifts to help lead His people, and nothing could be more fulfilling. I like being busy.
Does this mean I'm crazy?....I hope so.
Had a bit of a rough patch on Tuesday night, but the LORD used that to draw me closer. Our Wednesday Neighbor Night went really well this week, with both a good turn out and good food. Spent a lot of time working with music this weekend, and I got to travel up to Big Rapids to visit Cran Hill Ranch (where I will hopefully be working as a chaplain for a week or two in the summer).
Yesterday was really awesome. The service was good, and the cookies rocked my morning (in a good way), but the highlight for me was the discussion in Sunday School. Roughly 30 of the members combined for class this week, and we made some awesome progress in talking through our differences.
We're beginning to embrace our diversity in an effort to unify.
Our church is looking at so many changes, and faces so many challenges, and yet I continue to feel the guiding hand of the LORD daily as we journey through this process.
For the first time ever, I don't have any new prayer requests. Things are good and God is faithful. Of course our church needs prayer as we are in a challenging time, but hopefully you're praying for that already.
Embracing my challenges,
-B
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