Sunday's Schedule

Church... 9a - 12:00p

Prayer Encounter Team Meeting... 2:00p - 3:30p

Church Softball Team Practice... 4p - 5:30p

Christian Rock Worship Roadshow... 6p - who knows when

Finishing Fresno First LIFE Newsletter... somewhere in between all that.

Spending time with God and resting on the Sabbath... probably not going to be able to squeeze that in this Sunday.

Wow. It just kills me to think about it. Ok yeah... part of it is my fault for saying yes to these various "meetings" in the first place. Its true that if I don't like the fact that softball practice is on Sundays, then I don't have to join the Softball team. Its true that if there is a ministry team that meets on Sundays, then I don't have to join that team. But what am I supposed to do... just quit doing ministry? The Church has gotten so used to being busy on Sundays because they can't catch peoples attention any other day of the week. They can't seem to convince people to sacrafice a night of LOST or Grey's Anatomy to head over to the Church for a ministry team meeting. So the solution has commonly been to beat as much stuff into a sunday as is possible. Which is totally crazy to me! What... like God isn't as important on any other day of the week? If you really want to do ministry... you'll sacrifice things... and you'll cut stuff out of your schedule so you'll be there and you can serve and you can grow. But the one day that we are taught to keep holy, as a day rest and sanctification, we trample all over with our own plans. The Church is the biggest Sabbath killer in my life. But at the end of the day... I have to realize that it comes down to my choices. I have got to learn to say no. Cause I don't think God accepts the excuse "the Church made me do it". He'd probably just say right back to me, "You are the Church, do something about it!"