Greetings again, St. Peter’s! I’m back for Week 2!
Here is a glimpse into my day to day. I work full time, albeit from home most days since March. Dustin and I are also attempting to raise two wild animals that eventually turn into well behaved humans someday. This also feels like a full time job most days. Somehow in this time of Covid sluggishness, days feel busier for our family. Simple tasks are harder to do because the kids need much more of our attention these days. Simple errands take more time because just popping into a store is no longer a reality. People are angrier these days, and being in public for short bursts feels a little too much to bear at times. I lay down at the end of the night having not accomplished much, but feeling exhausted. Most nights I can’t even get through my prayers without falling asleep mid-sentence. Sometimes I give up because I don’t even know where to start when this world feels a little too heavy. Maybe you feel like me? Maybe you’re a much better pray-er than I am, and you schedule it in your day? Either way, I thought I would share something from a book that we read in our Red Hot Mom Squad last year that has helped me focus lately. If you’ve never read Anne Lamott’s “Help, Thanks, Wow”, I cannot recommend it enough. Her basic premise is to boil your prayers down to:
Help
Thanks
Wow
Mine today were this.
Lord,
HELP
me to keep my sanity when struggling to make phone calls with children in the background that completely forgot how to use “inside voices”.
THANKS
for the kind comments and encouragement from our congregation’s members, I received in the past week. It was so uplifting!
WOW!
When the world feels divisive and outraged, look around at all the folks wiling to wear masks. They are not wearing it for their own protection, but rather for your protection, and mine, or their elderly neighbor, or their friend that is immune compromised, or a perfect stranger in the grocery store. It is a helpful reminder to me that most people are good.
Again, from the President’s Corner:
Do you know someone who serves on a committee, or are you are friends with someone on council, or maybe you want to offer some encouragement to our hard working staff members? Take a second and say Thank You! Send an email or a text, or drop a note in the mail. Their jobs and their hours of service have significantly changed since they first agreed to serve for our congregation. As always, I am so proud to be a part of this congregation and am so thankful for the amazing leaders that step up to make the really tough decisions we are facing right now!
We will certainly be glad to have PV back at the helm back next week.
Take care, St. Peter’s, and have a great weekend!
Courtney Wing
