Beyond my means (schedule-wise)

Dear Friends in Christ -

I become aware of how far I'm living beyond my means when change breaks into my routine. Holy Week is always a tough time schedule-wise for most of us. What we discover when we try to make room to pray a little more and/or to come to a few extra worship services is that we've already overspent our most precious resource: time. There's not enough breathing room in our days, and - without really shaking things up - there's certainly not enough time to spend hours in Holy Week at church.

As we ask, "How are we going to manage all this," the words from heaven spoken so many times to people in the Gospels ring through to us: "Fear not!"

In order to follow Jesus to the Cross, we may have to give up a thing or two this week - a kid's sporting event, working on a hobby, watching a favorite TV show. When you're faced with the question about what to give up, ask yourself: is the thing I need to give up for this week in order to stay with Jesus going to change your life? If not, choose to stay with Jesus. What he's doing this week will change your life.

Faithfully,
Janet+