Wow, it's not even February yet and I'm blogging. Go figure.
This full workload at Eastern is a bit of a bear. I can handle it to be sure, but it's balancing the load with working parttime and keepin' the Mrs. happy that's a challenge.
The new washer and dryer are almost whisper quiet, which is very nice and Ellice seems very happy about it. I slacked off this week on my household duties, but that's mostly because of working a lot last week, and you all heard about the Experiencing God weekend. ZZZZZZZZ.
Honestly, I was expecting a revival of some sort, not a pedantic lecture. An hour 1/2 long academic exercise on a topic that I feel pretty comfortable with already doesn't get me fired up. The point seemed to be that you have to shake up your whole life and establish a constant relationship with God by doing this 12 week Bible study. I just feel I'm a tad beyond that point. Not that its not a good thing; perhaps it was the presentation of it that soured me to the weekend, I dunno. Probably had to do with it being so late on Friday night, after a week's worth of classes, working all day Friday, chaperoning the dance, then racing to Richmond, but I was falling asleep in the pews.
Don't get me wrong, we love our church, its just that lately we've felt rather pressured about joining/doing etc. There was one Sunday recently where Ellice and I got to the church before the 8:00am service, I did a monologue, Ellice sang, we stayed through the service, went to Sunday School, went to the 11:00am service, I monologued, Ellice sang, we went home to eat. My part of the day was done, but Ellice went back to the church for a church baby shower, then came home for dinner, then went back to church for a women's Bible Study. And she is feeling pressured to do more, on top of choir, Bunco (women's fellowship), teaching Sunday school this month, and the usual list. I feel we're good on involvement.
Anyway, God has provided generously for us, including a church body that appreciates what we have to offer and actually wants us around, and I want to express my thanks for that. For years I didn't feel connnected and didn't think I belonged. I have been thankfully proven wrong, and I now feel I'm part of a church family. And much like families you love them warts and all!
Until next post...When will it be? Stay tuned....
3 comments:
We switched churches because of something similar to this. They wanted us to participate in things or work in a room at different times. We did this, but once we began to say “no”, they treated us differently. They almost shunned us altogether. I am not suggesting you switch churches – it sounds like a very active, welcoming place. I’m just saying I hope they don’t treat you differently. Even if you don’t participate in ANYTHING except attending services they should be there for you.
so far there has been no shunning. Of course it helps that we are already involved up to our eyebrows.
AND I LOVE MY NEW WASHER AND DRYER
Hmmm, I've been remiss in checking your blog. And I've been missing out - you gave me a good picture of just why the weekend was boring. And active churches can be GREAT for having things to do...much like active colleges. The difference is in college, you can usually get away with a no show or saying no (unless you work with Dr. B).
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