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i always wander through thanksgiving weekend with mixed emotions.
the week of thanksgiving comes near the end of a long semester and it always comes as a welcome relief. now that it is a full-blown week of vacation for most kids and many family members, it has turned into great week.
lots of family time, traditions, turkey and mashed potatoes, football, shopping, putting up christmas decorations…you name it. but here’s the flip side for me.
this is also a week that seems to bring all of our momentum as a church family to a stand still. we get out of our routine. half of our church family packs up and makes the trip to aunt ethel’s house for thankgiving dinner. personally, my mind disengages.
maybe it’s watching my friends leave. maybe it’s the bad football games on thanksgiving day (really, can’t we get a good matchup? how come the cowboys never play the eagles on turkey day?). maybe it’s the triptophan. whatever…i just know that i go into a church funk and can’t wait to get rolling into december.
by the way, i’ll give you full warning that i will be making this same post in about four weeks…with even greater melancholy…when we go through christmas and new year’s weekends. and nobody better bring up the topic of complaining. i don’t want to hear it.
in spite of my trepidation, i continue to be totally humbled week after week by what is happening in our church family.
we had a really good crowd yesterday.
lot’s of people came home from their travels a day early to be with us in worship.
this has been a good sermon series for me…a chance to rethink some things i’ve always believed and an opportunity to look into god’s word in a new way.
i don’t know about you, but i’m not sure i would like somebody telling me to stop complaining…completely… forever…in every circumstance. really?
isn’t it interesting to think that our whole concept of thanksgiving isn’t really based on the bible?
our way of celebrating the thanksgiving tradition is to count our blessings.
god’s perspective on thanksgiving is to quit focusing on only the good things and start thanking him for everything.
this is a much bigger list.
it’s good that at least one person in the north point family thinks i’m funny.
it’s time for christmas songs again. let my love-hate affair begin.
the christmas decorations looked really good. i love the look and feel of christmas in our building!
thanks to all the people who helped decorate on saturday morning.
are you meeting new people every sunday? what’s holding you back?
it was wanda’s birthday yesterday. it’s always a fun day for me. this was the 39th consecutive year we have spent her birthday together.
lunch at rudy’s with friends was awesome!
i hope you all had a great thanksgiving break and you are ready to dive into the christmas season. it’s the best time of the year to introduce people to the jesus you know.
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