I had someone get a little irritated at me a while back because I might not be able to make it to an event (have had that happen a few times). I try to explain our life a little bit when this happens, in the whole ministry terminology…like, “revival”, “meetings”, “conferences”, “traveling”, “counseling”, “studying”, “preparing”, “praying”, “visiting”, “office work”, “book work”, “design work”, “post cards”, “letters”, “updating websites”, “returning phone calls”, “responding to emails”, “answering questions about youth camp, EDA, KNM, TLC”, “on-call 24/7/365”, “making lists and checking them twice for all the stated upcoming events”, and so many other things. I told Keith the other day, I’ve decided to start saying it in terms everyone – no matter who they are – understands, “I’VE GOT TO WORK”. People tend to never question someone when they say that.
I love what we do. It’s our calling. It’s our ministry. However, it is definitely work. It’s not depressing or boring. Yet, it is tiring. It’s not a 1st shift, 2nd shift, or 3rd shift job – it’s a swing shift, it swings and swings and swings And though it lends to flexibility at times, it doesn’t always. There are certain times of the year that it is non-stop. This happens to be that time of year, it will slow down at the end of October!
Anyway, I’VE GOT TO WORK… Break is over. Back at it.
