--Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
(Chief of Staff of the Prussian army before World War 1)
(Chief of Staff of the Prussian army before World War 1)
Well, so much for posting once a week! Although, I suppose if I had really thought about it I would have realized that right at the beginning of summer was not the time to take on that lofty goal.
It was a busy summer, as per usual, and there was a grand finale of camp directly followed by a mission trip. Y'all, I'm not as young as I once was, and those 2 weeks back-to-back just about did me in!! However, they were great weeks and the Lord moved and worked and did great things, so it was TOTALLY worth it!
But now, it's August. This is the month where everyone at House of Faith takes a step back and just breathes for a little while. It's the only month of the year where we don't have programs, so everyone takes vacation during this month. And even when we are at work, it's nice and quiet and slow. Can you tell I love August?!
This year, sometime during the summer I felt the Lord leading me to make August a Sabbath month. Instead of just taking time off work and using it to sleep, catch up on other "life stuff", and binge watch Netflix, He seemed to want me to set the month aside to Him. This also meant taking the month off from doing ministry-related things at church. At first I thought, "Sure! Great! I am exhausted and some extra down time will be just the thing!" I am so naive sometimes.
August began to draw closer and I began to realize all the implications of being away from youth group and other church things, and taking the largest chunk of time off work I've ever taken (2 solid weeks in a row; basically, I've only saved enough vacations days for Carmela's wedding and my Thanksgiving trip to Tennessee). This was not going to be the fun cake walk I had originally envisioned! It's hard for me to step back, relinquish control, let other people do things I normally do and fill roles I normally fill...but, as I am learning, that is the very reason Jesus has asked me to do just exactly those things.
So now we're two weeks in to this month, and the Lord has been at work in my heart. I'm still processing things, figuring out how to put them in to words, but as I do you can certainly expect to see some of them here!
When I started this Sabbath August, I had a picture in my head of what it would look like. I had a basic plan of what I would do and when. That picture is long-forgotten, and that plan didn't survive contact with the enemy any better than the "I'm going to blog once a week" plan did. But the picture and the plan that the Lord is unfolding is so much better than mine, anyway, so I'm not sad.
I'm just excited to be walking this road with Jesus, and I hope that maybe you'll join me!
It was a busy summer, as per usual, and there was a grand finale of camp directly followed by a mission trip. Y'all, I'm not as young as I once was, and those 2 weeks back-to-back just about did me in!! However, they were great weeks and the Lord moved and worked and did great things, so it was TOTALLY worth it!
But now, it's August. This is the month where everyone at House of Faith takes a step back and just breathes for a little while. It's the only month of the year where we don't have programs, so everyone takes vacation during this month. And even when we are at work, it's nice and quiet and slow. Can you tell I love August?!
This year, sometime during the summer I felt the Lord leading me to make August a Sabbath month. Instead of just taking time off work and using it to sleep, catch up on other "life stuff", and binge watch Netflix, He seemed to want me to set the month aside to Him. This also meant taking the month off from doing ministry-related things at church. At first I thought, "Sure! Great! I am exhausted and some extra down time will be just the thing!" I am so naive sometimes.
August began to draw closer and I began to realize all the implications of being away from youth group and other church things, and taking the largest chunk of time off work I've ever taken (2 solid weeks in a row; basically, I've only saved enough vacations days for Carmela's wedding and my Thanksgiving trip to Tennessee). This was not going to be the fun cake walk I had originally envisioned! It's hard for me to step back, relinquish control, let other people do things I normally do and fill roles I normally fill...but, as I am learning, that is the very reason Jesus has asked me to do just exactly those things.
So now we're two weeks in to this month, and the Lord has been at work in my heart. I'm still processing things, figuring out how to put them in to words, but as I do you can certainly expect to see some of them here!
When I started this Sabbath August, I had a picture in my head of what it would look like. I had a basic plan of what I would do and when. That picture is long-forgotten, and that plan didn't survive contact with the enemy any better than the "I'm going to blog once a week" plan did. But the picture and the plan that the Lord is unfolding is so much better than mine, anyway, so I'm not sad.
I'm just excited to be walking this road with Jesus, and I hope that maybe you'll join me!
Comments