A Former Summer Hater…Now I Love It!

I love it when “iron sharpens iron” and someone helps me with my thought process.  I have changed my mind about summer.  It’s a good feeling.

I have numerous blogs on my Google Reader.  It’s rare that I get to play catch up with all of them, but I did a quick scan through my list today and was excited to read Carey Nieuwhof’s (Connexus Community Church) post Readjusting the Target of Preaching. 

I’ve been hating summer for two months.  Summer is when everyone in my church seems to disappear.  It’s when the finance guys keep saying we need to clamp down on finances and the student ministry is in their busy (expensive) season while the tech ministry is spending rapidly to gear up for fall.  It’s when the lake is more appealing than the Sunday service and travel ball and dance competition seems to rob us of all our young families.  The office is empty because of vacations and staff meetings happen sporadically.  Everything seems to come to a halt during summer. 

Carey’s post helped me gain a new perspective on the season I love to hate.  The post had nothing to do with what spoke to me.  It was the opening sentence.  Carey wrote, “I love summer because it’s a time for me to rethink, to recalibrate and hopefully see things through fresh eyes.”  

Then I realized what has been happening this summer. Our entire staff has been dreaming, planning, re-focusing, recruiting, and resting up for fall.  We are going to re-launch everything in our church in the next couple months with more enthusiasm than ever before.  We are kingdom energized, because of the lazy days of summer!  This summer has been great.  I just couldn’t see it! 

Thanks Carey for loving summer!  Me, too, now!

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