So for teachers all over Chicago, (should be for everyone in the U.S.) today is a school holiday remembering the works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the racial reconciliation of our Nation. What does that mean for me. Well I had plans to shovel my street, but rolling out of bed at 7 am, 90 minutes of extra sleep, I felt compelled to not work externally, but internally. I got on Facebook and paid some bills then turned my heart to trying to worship God a bit.
I sang and played my guitar going through the motions of praising God and then out of no where God showed up. It’s really amazing how different worship becomes when who your worshiping seems all the more present for it.
Then I uploaded some videos and did a Sudoku puzzle, drank some coffee, joined an indoor soccer league, and danced around my kitchen a bit. (and it’s not even 10am)
See I don’t see the weekend as time off, you have things you need to do on Saturday and Sunday. They are not free days all of a sudden. They are hours where things need to be accomplish in order to get ready for the next week. But today, ahh today is a free day. A day where every hour could have been taken up by something else. It’s very liberating. Almost as if my internal settings have been restored and recharged. The big fears seem less big and the stresses feel like they just fall apart. A lot of people would hear these things and tell me to take a day off more often but I think it wouldn’t work like that for me.
So much of me is about being where I need to be. Doing my job as best I can do trusting that others will take care of me. (And it works) Today is a gift and I think that’s why it is so powerful.
