Sunday Morning Scribbles

Well, it’s a somewhat lazy Sunday morning.  I slept in until “7-ish” and then read for an hour or so.  Penny is in California on a 5K walk so I had free reign of the house.  I will be hopping on a plane this afternoon to Ontario, California for some Educational Leadership Committee and K-12 Curriculum meetings.  It should be full week—although meetings are simply not what I was created for.  Others may have that gift, but I believe I was designed to be “out of meetings.”  I arrived at that description after considering many other phrases that may not have been understood in the spirit in which I was writing it.  Suffice it to say that if I ever choose to leave this line of work—one reason will be my low tolerance for meetings and committees.  For now it one of the necessary evils I must do in order to participate in those things I enjoy.  It really is an odd thing; I enjoy people, but I do not equally enjoy committees that are simply a group of people.  Go figure.

In any case, I digress.  Yesterday was indeed pretty busy day.  It began with early service at the PV church.  The quartet consisting of TA, CM, AF, and myself were scheduled to provide special music for both early and late worship services.  It was an enjoyable morning.  TA preached two hearty sermons on “pressing on” even in times of transition and trial.  I certainly needed to hear that.  I stayed for potluck, which most of time would not have been noteworthy, except for the fact that I had chosen to fast for the day.  Good thing Penny was with me—we split what she wanted on two plates so as not to make my dilemma too obvious.  We enjoyed some pleasant conversation with our tablemates.  Good times.

After a brief downtime at home, I transported Penny to the airport to catch a flight.  I returned to TAA to participate in the Sabbath School Workshop, where I had been asked to share some thoughts and ideas related to Junior Sabbath School—in Spanish.  Time flew—it was six o’ clock before you knew it.  The event began at 3 o’clock!  The group that chose my seminar stayed awake, which is good.  I enjoyed making the presentation.

Ironically I felt rested at the end of the day.  I did not even think about eating, although this morning I do have a sense that food might be a good idea.  “Do you feel you are ready to die for your God?—try living for Him first.” (218.2)