Thursday and Friday

My perspective changed dramatically on Thursday and Friday of this first week of Lent. After a horrible annual meeting I met with our pastor on Thursday to talk over a job description for a volunteer staff position I'll be doing. It was my opportunity to get our Pastor's take on the meeting that had me all confused earlier in the week. After voicing my concerns he shared his perspective - which in short goes something like this - "For me it's a bit of a releif. Now everything is on the table and we can deal with it." These were definately comforting thoughts. Of course, for those of you who know ICC, if you are talking about a leadership position with the pastor you will probably have plent to do in a very short amount of time.



I didn't sleep well Thursday night.



Most of Friday was spent setting up interviews for a new administrative person for the church (our current admin resigned about two weeks ago)..for interviews that pastor wanted to happen on Monday, write a job description for myself, and try to think through and rally some help for a 5 week "prayer initiative" that the pastor is starting...today.



And my Friday was FABULOUS! It was so great to start using some of the gifts that I hadn't used much since I quit working to have a baby. The kicker is I get to use those gifts directly for the benefit of a church body in order to help us accomplish the work of the Kingdom. How awesome is THAT! On Fridays my son and his cousin hang out with my folks so it gave me the perfect opportunity to be on the phone and email alot of the day. (thank you, Lord)



In general, Friday ended up being a great day of feasting. Feasting on the grace that God had provided for me.