My goal is to blog every week, but I took last week off for Thanksgiving as I tried to unplug for the week and basically recover from the last two months. I strongly believe in Sabbath (in fact this blog was almost entirely devoted to the subject of Sabbath), and I had missed a couple of weeks due to the busy church calendar. Honduras, Veteran's Day, Monvee Launch, and Church Anniversary all back-to-back = busy. Anyway, bottom line on Sabbath means unplugging body and mind one day out of every seven, and while it will not send you to Hell to ignore this practice, it is wise to observe it.
Reflecting on service yesterday, I think that I didn't do the best job communicating what I felt lead to share. I hate that feeling because I think of all the effort that goes into setting the stage for the message time. Sound guys and people coming out to listen are at the top of the list. The bottom line was that I believe God wants our relationships to be fulfilling and not only about responsibilities, especially our relationship with Him. I believe that He wants to help make our relationships great sources of joy and strength, as opposed to obligations, and I hope that truth emerged.
Looking forward to getting into December and the Christmas season this week. Beckley Christmas parade this Saturday is always fun, and I really enjoy our fellowship gatherings like the Christmas gathering on December 12. Our Christmas message series is going to be entitled The Journey and we are going to talk about all the road trips associated with the Christmas story - kind of ironic for me this year since this will be the first year in a long time that we will not be traveling!
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