also thankful for…

…work. here’s how it goes.

“thanksgiving is next week….perfect timing. i’m really looking forward to a long weekend, just relaxing (yeah right), and hanging out with my girls. it will be nice to take a break from work.”

end of thanksgiving day: “ahhhh, this was awesome. good food, great laughs, etc….“

day after thankgiving: “awesome, another day to just hang out and not think about work (yeah, right).”

today, saturday: “i can’t believe i’ve let two days go by without working at all!! (okay, a little bit. does email count?)”

we scheduled a large-scale worship event for next weekend. although perfect timing for the purpose of the event - to repackage advent for our church context and launch us into the christmas celebration together - horrible timing in terms of the prep work involved to pull it off. there are many people sacrificing to make this thing great. a huge thanks to any of you if you’re reading this!!

all of this being said, i’m struck today by how blessed i am to have meaningful and challenging work that pretty darn well matches up with my gifts, passions, etc. no doubt that the fall brought a curse on the nature of work, but there’s still something beautiful and right about engaging your brain, your energy, your hands in moving this human project forward. a friend of mine wondered aloud the other day if there would still be problems to figure out in heaven.

okay, i just got a subtle reminder from my wife that today is saturday after thanksgiving. time to be a husband and dad.