Here it is April 13 and the Christmas Cactus is blooming. How very odd as I have just today removed the Christmas table cloth and replaced it with the flowering one for summer. The seasons are running into one another. The world is topsy turvey. It is confusing and unsettling.
Here it is April 13 and I am NOT looking forward to tomorrow's Vestry Meeting. When finances are concerned, the emotions run hot. When the church is closing and the money is running out the emotions are raw. People are vulnerable and possibly not wanting to make hard decisions. Hard decisions have to be made. What do we do about staff severance? Is there enough left to pay the current bills AND give severance to the staff? On top of this there is a question of outreach requests. Too much to grasp. The world is topsy turvey. It is confusing and unsettling. And the meeting is tomorrow. And we will have to make decisions.
Personalities clash. Emotions may cloud judgement. We will be hard put to be courteous and pastoral, to remain calm, to listen to one another. We will have to count on God to be in the decision making. We will have to count on God to guide us through the decision making. We will have to count on God....
