Are there days when you want to quit?

Today was one of those days.  I woke up with a headache that won’t stop and we rushed out the door to church for an early discipleship class.  

Our leaders called to say they would be late and to start practicing the music without them.  The problem was I didn’t remember what we were singing.  Eventually we all managed to finish the practice and start the service....but very few people actually came.  We are a group of about 100-120 (though rarely does everyone come at once) but we started with about 50!  After the music, I went to teach my class but most of my regular kids (who had to practice for the drama in 2 weeks) were absent, some of those who visit once in a while were there  and only 3 of the kids even had a part in the drama!  I used a month’s worth of energy and enthusiasm explaining very interesting parts of the Christmas story...and they yawned (I can’t seem to communicate that they need to get to bed EARLY on Saturday night), stretched, fidgeted, wiggled and by the end I was ready to find a sub!  (I am a CE major, please!!!)  Eventually that torture ended (though we actually had fun working on the funny parts of the drama) and we wrapped up things after the coffee break.  None of the deacons seemed to be around to do their job, people sort of wandered and talked, but no one helped pick up (a strange phenomenon because everyone always helps!).  After we corraled everyone out, a deacon collected the trash and we locked up, we headed out to a restaurant...still sporting that bad headache.  We both sighed heavily as we sat down in the car and wondered if it was time to retire.  We spent a good while in the restaurant trying to find the Cowboys game on the TV, correcting both of our orders that the server got wrong.  We managed to get home, watch the last 5 minutes of the winning Cowboys game and collected on old people’s naptime rights!  YES!  It felt amazing...though it did not totally energize us.  

The truth is that there are good Sundays and hard ones...for every one that makes you wonder if you know how to do your job, there is one that brings a smile to your face and gratitude to your heart.  There is no doubt that this is God’s work and all we can do is do our best and be faithful.  

For those of you who pray for us...THANK YOU!