Done, done, done

I finished my sermon!!! Yeah!!! And it is only 10:30pm on Saturday night. Oh you say, "That is cutting it close no?". HAH!!! Cutting it close it still writing it at 8am on Sunday. This gives me hope that one day when I become a minister I will not be up at all hours every Saturday night. It probably won't be something that never happens, but you know, that is life with a procrastinator. Truth be told I've been going around and around in my head on this sermon for the past two weeks. And it really didn't come together until I sat down to write it tonight.

There's a lot of pressure because it is the first sermon I am giving at this church. I do a children's sermon every other week but it is a little shorter and much more simple. Go figure. But I need the adults in this church to listen to me as well if I want to really get anything done there. Therefore this first time that I am talking for any length there is important. Also I don't want to let down my pastor who is giving me this opportunity and spent hours with me last week trying to think it out. One day I hope he'll give me a kick butt letter for when I apply to seminary.

But anyway it is done and I think it's even fairly good, though not my best work. But it does what I wanted it to do. I just hope all goes well tomorrow morning and I didn't forget anything major and my kids don't totally freak out because I am not teaching Sunday school this week.

My old pastor in NY used to say she got butterflies every time she gave her sermons, which were amazing. "Surely", she said "there has to be a better way to make a living." I know whereof she speaks. I'd almost rather sing than give a sermon but mostly I think that is from lack of practice. So I'm off to practice some more tomorrow. Wish me luck and if you're into it a prayer or two thrown my way would be nice too.