Hump day

So it is finally hump day. That day when at the end we realize that we are on the downhill portion of the week. When we know that the weekend isn't so far away. This week is a little different for me because I am planning for a 10 day vacation. I have Friday off for the 4th of July and then we have Student Life camp next week in Daytona Beach. Which reminds me, if I can't get Tara to let me take the laptop next week I may be taking a week off from blogging, but we'll see how that goes.
I must confess, trips, camps and things of that nature are my least favorite part of the ministry. I would prefer to do a bible study, sermon, keep things at the normal pace than put together trips and such. One of my main reasons for that I believe is that I have this engrained thing that makes me want to squeeze every possible person into our trips and camps that I can. I'll take them if they can walk and listen. Who cares if they want to be there, if they can afford to be there, or even if we have room for them.
As I am getting older(yes I will admit to that, I still say older not old)I am relaxing about all of this and understanding it's all about God and not me. It's about who God wants there and not who I want there. This is passing over into my ministry in a lot of areas. I have always said that if someone misses church, or youth or a church event and they feel guilty that is between them and God. I don't want any part in the guilt process. Because someone who comes based on man made guilt will just fade away eventually anyway. So if you miss something, don't get offended when I don't call and ask where you were, if you should have been there you will know it without my prompting.
I am ready for youth tonight, it's that high that gets me through the rest of the week. Sunday is my big top of the mountain experience each week, then Monday and Tuesday try their best to take that away from me until Wednesday night and then I'm back real close to the top until Thursday and Friday try to take them back again.
Have a great day and thanks for reading my ramblings!