Pastor’s blog 9/15/10 Coming and going
September 15, 2010
Well I’m back! It always amazes me how vacations throw me off my regular schedule. I think that is good because vacations are supposed to be a break in the schedule. During our time in the Black Hills I slept a little later, ate a little more, spent time with animals that I don’t see around here, hung out with my kids, celebrated my 31 st wedding anniversary with Sara, visited some of the most beautiful places I have ever seen and enjoyed not having a regular schedule. All of the vacation time helped me to recharge my batteries for the busy fall season at 1st. The real struggle is coming back to a schedule of: work, exercise etc. I find that when I first return from vacation getting up to exercise early in the morning seems to be harder and getting back into a work schedule that includes sermon prep time, meeting time, confirmation, council meetings, community meetings, counseling etc is a challenge.
Oh it all works out as after a couple of weeks the schedule starts to feel normal. The exercise is easier to make time for and the many responsibilities of ministry start to fall into place. I find that there is always one constant that helps me to fully embrace my calling here at 1st and that is my prayer time. When I am on vacation my prayer time varies according to what we are doing that day. When I am back at work my prayer time becomes an anchor that starts off my day and points me toward the future. I guess you could say that Jesus “Takes the wheel” in a sense and helps me to refocus, re-energize and re-enter his wonderful call to me – serving the people of this treasured church.
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