Saturday and Sunday were emotional moments in worship for me. As I was able to offer a prayer for each of the gathered worship services and then to be prayed for before my Sabbatical begins was very touching in so many ways.
The hardest part was looking out over the gathered people and knowing what I was going to be missing in their lives. I know there will be marriages of children that I won't be able to participate in. There will be surgeries that will happen that I won't get the call that says, "Everything went well." There will be births of babies that I won't get to hold until they are months old. There will be the saying of good bye as students go off to college that I will miss. There will just be so much of ordinary and everyday life that I will not be a part of that I know I will miss.
I know that there will be many good things that I will experience over the months of my Sabbatical but for the moment I'll just allow the bittersweet moments of the past weekend to be what I'm feeling right now.
For all of those who placed hands upon me, who offered words of encouragement, who promised prayers, and who told me how much they will miss me and look forward to my return. A simple word.
Thanks!
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