INSPIRASUNS

Yesterday was an interesting day of sorts. The restoration of areas of our campus continues following Hurricane Milton, and they’ve moved into repair of our offices. Sooo, things are a little messy. My office for instance has all the furniture moved to the middle so they can replace drywall and such. It’s disruptive but I know it will be finished soon and the contractors doing the work have been so respective of working around us.

Anyway, we were dealing with contractors in the office, we’re short-staffed at our front desk at the moment, a busy weekend on tap with our annual Christmas cookie Sunday, people coming back for the season, and…well you get the idea. One of our parishioners, a friend of mine, has been volunteering in the office to lend a hand, and yesterday was one of the days she arrived to help. She was awesome as we buzzed around the office accomplishing this task and that project. I was feeling really good about things as the day wrapped up. It was busy, kind of crazy busy, but you know I looked around and felt that sense of, “Wow we got a lot accomplished today!”. I realized that even through the craziness I felt a positive energy of things just “clicking”. I guess it’s hard to explain.

We have a regular Thursday evening event which includes dinner, so I wandered over to the parish hall around 5:15 p.m. My volunteer friend attends this event regularly and said she’d save me a spot. I chatted with folks in the kitchen, catching up on the latest, and then headed to enjoy dinner. The conversation was lively, and the room was buzzing, everyone was having a great time.

As we wrapped up and were clearing our plates, a parishioner stopped me, (he had been in the office earlier in the day). He said he wanted to say something to me earlier while in the office but didn’t get the chance. “I just wanted to tell you, you seem to have really hit your stride here. I mean you bring an energy to the church that is refreshing and I appreciate it”. Wow, that was unexpected. I thanked him for his kind comments and realized at that moment what I was feeling earlier in the day.

You see, I think Father is bringing things together for me. Things are “clicking”, I’m hitting my stride, whatever you want to call it. I’m feeling Him guide me more and more throughout my days. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all daisies and fairy dust, there are challenges in my day, and trust me I make mistakes and don’t handle situations the way I should. I’m human, and I can get frustrated. When I recognize those times, I do my best to ask Father to give me patience and help me to handle things better.

Yes, it was a different day yesterday, a day filled with wonderful realizations. I’m grateful for the opportunity to work with so many wonderful people and I’m thankful that Father has placed me where He has 🙂 .

Have a wonderful day my friends, may it be filled with wonderful realizations and may you hit your stride with Father by your side 🙂 .

Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.