Just another Sunday

Did you happen to wake up on Sunday morning thinking "It's just another Sunday"?  Yes, Sunday is just one of those seven days of the week our calendar blesses us with.  Yes, we (most) don't have to go through the routine of going to work on Sunday.  Yes, we can perhaps sleep in a bit on a Sunday.  Yes, it's football season and we can get inundated with all the football we want on Sunday....and maybe a Nascar race.  Yes, there is the lawn to get mowed and chores around the house to get done...or perhaps some planned family event we can all do together....because it's Sunday.  It's just another Sunday....or is it?

I woke up early Sunday morning....and I was excited.  Because it was Sunday, and not because of any of the reasons listed above.  I was happy anticipating the fact that I was going to church this day.  Why?

• I knew that I would hear some of the finest worship and praise music, no matter what was played or sung.
• I knew that I was going to be able to visit some very remarkable friends.
• I knew that I might be able to meet someone new at the church and be able to do my part in making them feel welcome and at home (just like I feel).
• I knew that I would hear a perhaps much needed message that would resonate in my heart and thus get me to thinking more about what I need to do.....about me.
• I knew that I would take part in communion and once again be reminded of just how much God loves me and forgives all of my shortcomings.
• I knew that I would once again be able to give a portion of what I have to further the Kingdom work.
• I knew that there was a distinct possibility I could get so touched and overwhelmed at service that I could weep openly.
• I knew that all of the above would help me feel so much closer to God in ways I have never thought possible.

Just another Sunday......right !  On Sunday mornings when driving to church I often see folks out mowing their lawns, at the driving range, maybe in their garages fixing their cars or some other project....and I feel so bad for them.  Often on Sunday's I'll be talking with a neighbor or friend and they share their list of "gotta do's" for that Sunday.  And I feel sad for them.  Because they are experiencing "just another Sunday".   I've experienced many of those "just another Sundays" in my life.....empty shells posing as just another day of the week, but called Sunday, the day after Saturday.

Do you feel that your Sunday is just another Sunday?  Maybe even if you do do church on Sunday?  Then maybe, just maybe, you might need some change in your life and/or church so that your Sunday will never be just another Sunday.