Light Speed

Life is passing by at an incredible speed. Each week I tell Greg, "It's youth group day already! It was just Thursday last week! It was just Sunday!" Where do the days go? I guess it means I'm enjoying life more now than I ever have. I love directing Sunday School. I love working a couple of hours and coming home to do church stuff. I love seeing the kids from church twice a week. I love teaching them on Sunday and deciding what they'll be learning. I love having the college group here on Friday nights. I love leadership meetings. I love retreats. It's all fun!

I'm exciting to see our backyard taking form. I got an iPhone a couple of weeks ago and have told everyone that I didn't think I could love an inanimate object this much! It's amazing what that thing will do.

So I have to ask myself, what is different now than what was going on a few years ago? One thing is that I'm not landscaping, which caused my body great pain. I'm not reading as much, which I would like to be doing, but I just don't seem to have the time, and when I have the time, my brain doesn't have the concentrating power because it is wiped out. I think the main reason that everything is amazing right now is because I have a focused purpose in ministry. Being an administrator is great and easy, but coordinating children's ministry is even better. I recently learned that the main reason people are depressed is that they lack purpose in their life. I've never had to deal with depression and hope I never do, but I can see that. I also learned that one of the major causes of healed depression is having a purpose in your life.

Time to get ready for work. It's youth group day! Again!

Have a blessed sunny, beautiful day.