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But seriously, what do we do with April this year. May I suggest nothing? Yeah nothing… That is not very Presbyterian. And I do not mean the whole month, of nothing; no TV, no laundry no eating… But I mean stop doing for a month and allow God to work in your life, just be in his presence. Come to him without expectations but come just being there with Him. We in our Calvinist theology believe strongly in the work ethic. And I think that is very important. And you will hear more about that in the coming months. (We have a special event planned for the summer that will fulfill your work ethic) But for right now rest in the Lord.
However, I am just too busy. Aren’t we all? I like what Eugene Peterson wrote “Busyness is the enemy of spirituality. It is essentially laziness. It is doing the easy thing instead of the hard thing. It is filling our time with our own actions instead of paying attention to God’s actions. It is taking charge.”
So maybe it would be better that I say, stop being in charge and instead of do nothing. Peterson is right, it is easier to be busy doing what we want to do than doing what God wants us to do. Doing what God wants involves waiting, listening and changing. Why do that when we can forge ahead on our own projects.
Take April off. You are not in charge. There are more important things out there than keeping that “boat afloat.” “ Let go and let God” as the wise AA folks say.
Trying to do nothing,
Howard
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It’s the
Monday after Easter and I am writing this article. Despite the
fact, Doris needed it last Wednesday; I am getting around to it
after the Easter holidays. This is a unique year in the church
calendar. I am told that the next time Easter is this early will be
over 200 years from now. For me now I have an interesting issue.
What do I do during April? Usually it is the month for all the
Easter events. But this year it is the “August” of the year. The
nothing month. There are no real holidays now in April. Pentecost,
Mother’s day and Memorial Day are all in May and now we are left
with April. Oh, wait, I just checked there is Earth Day on the 22