I never used to look forward to the weekends. I would always hear people who “live for the weekend” and who just wanted to get through the week… and that puzzled me. I loved the week. I guess work is just so different for me now… it’s hard ^_^
And before, the weekend meant church almost all day on Sunday… and I was (sad to admit) not always looking forward to Sundays so much. Having to get up, make sure I had a lesson planned, worship picked out, and then have to lead youth in prayer, worship, and a teaching… that’s exhausting! Especially when you’re feeling like church shouldn’t really be like it was… it seemed more like a chore!
So now… I look forward to the weekends. I am so looking forward to tomorrow, a day of peace and rest. Of course with Amalea there are no days of rest – but they sure are peaceful when it’s all three of us just hanging out, or going on errands together, or going to the park to have fun! And Sundays I am looking forward to as well. This sunday I am playing bass in the church worship band… it’s SO nice to just be able to play and not lead, not plan, not have to set-up and all that. Then Sunday night we have a indoor soccer game… which so far has been REALLY fun.
I love PDX.
Man, i know how you feel. I felt the same way in NYC near the end. Setting up at 7am, getting all the details ready for a big performance, getting done at 1, going home for a few hours, then coming back to do it all over again at 6pm, tear down until about 9pm and then hang out with people! That was exhausting. It’s been encouraging to see that there is a simpler way to “do” church without compromising anything.