Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD" and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah - Psalm 32:1-5
Here's a little insight into a typical Sunday morning in the life of me..
0700 - Alarm rings. Knock over empty glass, glasses and wristwatch before finally finding the snooze. The goal here is to silence the alarm BEFORE it finally gives up trying to wake me.
0715 - Second alarm. Hit the snooze again. Easy to find it now that the bedside table is cleared off.
0900 - Get out of bed and make coffee.
0915 - Skip breakfast, drink coffee and post self-righteous blog.
1010 - Get ready for church, polish the outside of my coffee cup, yell at kids for destroying the house and not caring.
1030 - Leave late, grip the steering wheel tightly while listening to loud music. Part way to church turn off the music, yell at kids some more to be quiet and calm down. Did someone bring a tiger or is that my stomach growling?
1045 - Teach Sunday school, take great care to pretend to be a good Dad.
11ish - Awkward confession of hypocrisy to 7 bored looking 5 - 12 year old children. Bust into a mini sermon on forgiveness and righteousness. "Go ahead and colour a picture on the back of your handout while I talk kids." Feel better, hot chocolate and peanut free cookies for everyone. Collect the drawings, notice that my kids have drawn pictures of what looks curiously like me being killed in various painful and creative ways. Is that my spleen hanging out there? Wow, I can really appreciate your use of light and shadow (ok I made that bit up, but I wouldn't blame them if they did).
1130ish - Start video late. 15minutes later shut off the video before it's over, kids look unimpressed. "See you next week kids, maybe I'll share with you how I'm letting my career get in the way of spending quality time with my children... bring a friend".
4 comments:
Awesome post. Both funny-awesome and shining a bright flashlight into a dark murky corner of the soul-awesome.
Thanks.
I got a new hard drive for my computer this week. bigger, brand new and dust free. Can't wait for God to finish my own upgrade.
Great post. My brothers thought it was hilarious, but I see that ur being serious.
They thought where you said (ok i made that bit up...) was really funny.... hmmm I wonder why? (~_~)
Thanks JP. Say hi to your bros for me!
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