Sunday Morning Follies
Picture
it, it’s Sunday Morning and you have got to get to church on time because there
are people depending on you. Your spouse
is half asleep lollygagging around. Your children have this crazy obsession
with finding the one shirt in their closet that doesn’t fit and has holes to wear. You have to get your make up on and will have
to do so in the car. You are running
around trying to finish your hair routine but you realize you’ve been walking
around with the mousse sprayed with a perfect peak on the top of your head. The dog gets out and takes off, and then you
and your spouse end up in a stupid fight over a topic you won’t remember in two
days. Your kids are now crying, and you
enter the church doors in near tears; all the while knowing that you are about
to slap on a fake smile, and pretend that your morning was fabulous.
I
love what Tim Hawkins says here, “Whoever wrote the song ‘Easy Like Sunday
Morning’ never had to get kids ready to go to Church.”
I
had one of those Sunday Mornings this week.
It wasn’t that it was bad, just everyone was in a rush and perhaps I was
a tad bit stressed out about getting to church on time. I had learned a long time ago that the more I
stress the more my family gets stressed and irritable. If I can control my panic then the rest of
them tend to be okay.
As
I was internally reprimanding myself for forgetting to pray and be in peace to thoroughly
enjoy my Sunday Morning a thought occurred to me. Jesus did not die on the cross just so my
family and I could be irritable with each other on Sunday morning. Please don’t misunderstand me. We need to go to church, God wants us not to
forsake the assembly of believers (Hebrews 10:25). However God doesn’t want us to live our lives
as stress balls. Sure on Sunday morning
the heat and anxiety does get turned up on high, but I can control my
actions. I can stay in peace no matter
what the circumstance. The choice is in
fact mine to make.
Philippians
4:6 instructs us not to be anxious about anything. This means even if you get out of the car in
the church parking lot and you realize your youngest didn’t brush her hair,
there is no need to flip out about it.
Just take a deep breath. Pray for
a moment, and learn to carry a hair tie in your purse. Life is just too short to get so bent out of
shape over small things. If you’re
stressed out you won’t really hear from God at church like you need too. You’ll just be rehearsing the drama. Take a deep breath, and enjoy coming together
as a church family. You’ll be glad you
did.
As
it is Holy Week, churches all over the world will be experiencing more people
in their churches than usual. No matter
where you go to church this Sunday, remember this weekend isn’t about chocolate
bunnies and Peeps. Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice. May we hold that so dear to our hearts. He loves the earth so much, that He willingly
laid down his life. Up from the grave he
arose, with a mighty triumph o’re His foes. (Grin)
Remember what this weekend is really about… and if your morning isn’t
picture perfect, then its okay. Laugh
about it and breathe.
God
has awesome plans for your life. Get excited!
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