Someday I will stop counting the days of continuous blogging. But you should know that tomorrow will be one week of non stop information. Some of the information may not be important. Some of it may be irrelevant but it is consistent! This was one long Sunday. There really is no reason for me to be sane much less awake by now. But even by my high standards of evaluation I will give the day a solid B.
I really hope the morning service went half as well as it seemed. The sermon was not exactly the type where one expects much public response. It was honestly one of those where it is difficult for me to deliver. Genesis 22 is not one of those cheerful or uplifting chapters. That being said, it is very essential for us to study such stories on occasion. We had a terrific church wide lunch of soups and sandwiches. My soup was great. Then I got to sit and visit about history, politics and baseball with one of my members. All three of those are favorite topics of mine. There was supposed to be another meeting right after lunch but no one showed. Me and my son went home and I changed for my afternoon run/walk. It was not a pretty bout of exercise this afternoon. My legs are still feeling the effects from Friday's brutal pace. I got my three miles in and returned home to prepare for yet another meeting and the evening service. Thank God the meeting went well. I survived the evening service which was my hope as weary as I felt.
A minister wears many hats. One of the real oddities of this job is in going from delivering God's holy word to returning to normal human life. What this means is I went from talking about the Bible to running errands at the store. I sometimes wonder if Moses and others went through the same strangeness of ministry. In addition, my truck needs to go to the auto doctor this week. It is leaking or losing coolant somehow. Would you believe that I bought some coolant and tried to replace what was lost? I do not have a mechanical bone in my body. No one ever taught me about cars or engines and such. Yet I bought coolant and filled in what was lacking in my vehicle. I am really hoping nothing explodes tonight.
Not many people probably think of how a minister changes from being holy to being human in a moments notice. This is the reality of the job. We go from the magnificient to the miniscule without missing a beat. We can even go from being God's man declaring God's word to blogging. As my late Grandfather in law would say, "ain't that a kick in the pants!"
Bro. Trey
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