As I reflect on the summer and all my endeavors, I'm evaluating what was excellent, what was typical in results & of course, what was less than stellar.
My summer initiatives included:
1. Planning & directing summer camp.
2. Spending another week at a camp for foster children.
3. Completing my college courses.
4. Building a team for Upward Sports coming in 2013.
5. Secure plans for a new playground.
6. Finalize remodeling plans for the preschool department.
7. Head a fundraising initiative.
8. Take my ordination exaam.
9. Coordinate a community kids health care fair.
Now I also managed to get in a family vacation to Alaska and a few camping trips just to keep things in balance.
This is the time of year that I can really appreciate things going back to a routine. No big projects or initiatives for a few months. Ministry seems to always prompt me to feel I'm running in a marathon race and know I have to pace if I'm going to go the distance. But doesn't a marathon involve others running in the same race? Well yes it does but if you ask any runner, they will share how they often get into a mental zone where you are aware of others around you but you also feel a sense of 'aloneness' as you go the distance. I'm finding that just like a runner who gets to a point where they don't know what keeps them going but describe it as euphoric - I find a similar sense in what I pursue with a passion.
I know that what I do can be exhausting but it is also done with passion. It involves me working with many people yet at times everyone fades from view as I press on. A marathon runner finds an adrenilane-euphoric rush. I find strength in God. I am compelled to keeps moving, to keep going, to finish my race to the end.
Indeed, I run at a marathon pace but I'm so ever thankful that I never run alone!
