2009 June 07 « Leaving Religion – MOVED

Sunday Morning Thoughts

I used to spend my Sundays getting up at 7AM and spending practically the entire day at church. This was my schedule:

7AM, get up
8AM, leave the house
8:30AM, attend Sunday Service
9:30AM, break
10:00AM, Sunday School
11:00AM, break
11;30AM, leadership meeting
12:30PM, lunch with leadership group
2:00PM, head home for a break, or hang with church people some more, perhaps even an informal prayer request time
4:30PM, choir practice
5:30PM, night church
6:30PM, break
7:00PM, Sunday night activity with church

Holy crap that’s a lot of stuff to do on what is supposed to be the day of rest. This schedule was years ago, and yet I can remember it like it was yesterday. All of it to prove something. That I was a good Christian, that I was active in the church, that I really had Jesus in my heart and active in my life.

Here is my new Sunday schedule:

Get up when I want
Enjoy coffee, breakfast and the paper with my husband
Go for a walk with the dogs
Do whatever the hell I want, all day

I like the new schedule better. It’s more relaxing, and more real. No more trying to be the best church goer I could be. You know what? I think I actually celebrate the Sabbath more now than I ever did back in my church going days. Imagine that, it took leaving the church and Christianity to actually have a day of rest.

June 7, 2009 Posted by leavingreligion | Christianity, Leaving Religion | Church, rest, Sabbath, Schedule, Sunday | 2 Comments