I really enjoyed church this morning. Like, a lot. To be completely honest, Sunday mornings are rarely easy for us. Its harder to rearrange schedules with the kids, and get everyone up early, and then have them sit relatively quietly through the service, and then being around a lot of people that they don’t know, and then there’s never time for a nap because of how it all lines up. Its a challenge. BUT!!, today was fabulous.
No no, the kids weren’t in a good mood. Nope, not even a little bit. We dropped their crabby butts off at my parents and raced to the church. We were running behind for our set practice time, being that we slept through our alarm and all. Sigh. Having not lead worship in around six months, we were not off the best start. I scrambled to find a few copies of the songs we were going to sing, but were going to print off at home that morning. It was a rocky start.
However, if I can be so bold, I thought the singing turned out great! We introduced a new song, which we almost never do. But I felt this one leaning on me, so we gave it a try. I sang it quietly at the front while some of the congregation filtered in, in an effort to get the melody into people’s heads, and then we asked everyone to join us. Often, it feels like we’re singing on our own with an unfamiliar song, but I felt like even from all the way at the front of the church, I could hear other voices singing!! I was so thrilled that it went so well, and that people seemed to be touched by it. Thank you, God!
After an incredibly heartfelt message that our speaker had clearly poured over, we lead a bit more singing, and then had our regular sharing time where people can stand up and ask for prayer or share with everyone really whatever they want. I finally stood up and told everyone about our plans to move. They’re obviously not private, but its not as though everyone in my church reads my blog, so I figured I’d fill everyone in. I asked for prayer, as the timeline we feel is right is seeming not to add up, and its SO hard to be vulnerable and hopeful when nothing is coming from it! I’m trying so hard to have faith, and its just getting more difficult. I’ve already had people reach out to me, and encourage me in ways I didn’t expect. One woman even approached my mom and said something like “I forgot!! I could have been praying all this time!!” I love that woman, and I know she’s a prayer warrior who will now be praying for us 😉
We had my parents over for lunch after church, where we whipped up some burgers, a ton of chopped veggies, and pasta salad gone wrong. See Kim?? Its totally possible to screw that thing up!! Either way though, I tried, and it was all pretty good. Then, the kids went down for a nap so we could get some things done. There will still be more to pack in the morning but we are well on our way to being ready for the lake!!! We did some stuff for Bradys work this afternoon, and got everyones clothes packed up ready to go. Tomorrow is mostly getting toiletries, electronics, and all the food together. So not much we could really do in advance anyway. We’ll pack all morning, then go grab lunch in PA and be at the lake in good time to still enjoy the day there!
Lake lake lake lake lake.