Church

I love church. To me it is fun. Not the kind you go hang out and mess around kind of fun but a different, more profound fun, I guess to be equated with joy which is more lasting than fun which tends to be ephemeral and temporary. Both are good to have and enjoy but joy is where I want to be with my goals. It had been almost a month since we went to a normal Sunday schedule of church. We were in Cancun 3 weeks ago, Chicago 2 weeks ago and at church last week but a non-traditional event. It was good to be normal again (I just wish I could be normal as my kids can tell you as well as their mother) but I was "normal" in my Sunday habit at least. I like habits. They provide a certain constancy and consistency with which we can measure our life. Surprises are good but I like the routine; i.e., work, home, church, visits, sports with the kids, dates, comfort food or just homemade food. Nothing tastes better. As we were finishing up vacation, I was ready to come home and get "normal" (abnormal for me?) again. I love to travel, experience new things, eat new things, visit new places but I like to come home, sleep in my bed with my pillow and the familiar smells and sounds of home. I think that is what I liked about church today. It was normal, there were songs, speakers, kids crying, people seeing each other, enjoying each other's company, just being together in joy and peace and happiness. The only thing that would have made today more perfect would have been if all of my children and grandchildren had been at church with us. I guess that is our goal, to make sure we will all be together. I know it is tough to get together here with kids to the 4 corners (it seems) of the US but we know where we want to go. If not here, then there we can all be together. I like that church re-inforces that in me: the desire to do good, set the example (not always but trying to) and bring us all together in the end. We have a legacy to leave our children, what will it be? Church helps me figure that out. I love church, it's fun.