A New Week. New Challenges.

I love Mondays.

It's been a long time since I've been able to say that and mean it. Mondays used to be staff meeting day, and that was never really one of the highlights of my week. But now, Mondays signal the beginning of a new week of fresh challenges - and it's really quite exciting.

I love the people that I work with and I really love the people that I serve.  How else could I show up at a restaurant, set up a little office and have people actually sit down and do some business?  Come to think about it, I set up my portable office in no less than 5 different spots today.

But enough about you, let's talk about me. (Seriously in the last paragraph I typed I no less than six times....sorry.)

Anyhow, I think I achieved all of my objectives for today...except for one.  I didn't get the dishes done. I guess that's why God invented tomorrow.

I have realized that just like in each of the past 13 years, I have overbooked myself for the month of November-December, but it is outstanding. I plan to balance it out with family time, and especially some well placed date nights, but am really looking forward to the next 38 days. And I love the fact that a few people have pointed out to me that there maybe a few more dates on the calendar than are manageable.  That means that I have surrounded myself with people who will both assist me and hold me accountable.  Again...beautiful.

And as for the business of a church "being birthed", the structures are beginning to take shape, and I am starting to whittle down the list of names that are coming in as possibilities.  I still really like "the Refuge", but there are quite a few of those in the area....oh well. There are a lot of churches with similar names.

So Monday is done, and Tuesday is mere hours away. I'm looking forward to what Jesus is going to show all of us then....