{"id":2531,"date":"2012-02-20T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/simplelife\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2012-02-20T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T19:06:12","slug":"a-forgettable-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/simplelife\/2012\/02\/a-forgettable-day.html","title":{"rendered":"A forgettable day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today is not a day I will remember. \u00a0I got up at my usual 4:30am. \u00a0After my prayer time, I went into the kitchen to start a pot of decaf but instead, I had a text message from my son. \u00a0I sat down on the couch to answer the message. \u00a0After I pressed send, I closed my eyes and went back to sleep.<\/p>\n

The rest of the morning is a bit of a fog. \u00a0I woke up a bit before 9AM to the sound of cable news. \u00a0Sometime during those four hours, I’d turned on the TV and fallen back asleep.<\/p>\n

Perhaps this is a good thing that I’m having a forgettable day because the last three days were pretty significant. \u00a0In fact, I was so excited about the happenings of Friday, Saturday and Sunday that I awakened at 1AM each day and I couldn’t seem to get my mind to stop revolving and rehearsing the events of the coming weekend.<\/p>\n

To others, there may not be much significance regarding what happened. \u00a0I was directing one of the Special Gathering choirs on Saturday and again on Sunday. \u00a0The Special Gathering is a ministry within the intellectually disabled community. \u00a0Our mission is evangelism and discipleship. \u00a0I’ve been a choir director for a Special Gathering choir for about 22 years now; and I’ve not lost the joy of experiencing their performances. \u00a0In addition, they share my excitement about being given the privilege to minister and sing for the Lord.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In contrast, last night, I watched an extremely painful interview with Whitney Houston by Oprah Winfrey. \u00a0The painful thing was that Ms. Houston had lost the joy of singing. \u00a0Again and again, Oprah tried to pull from her some recognition of sorrow for having lost the opportunity to sing for almost 10 years. \u00a0But the only response from this extremely gifted woman was “I had all I needed. \u00a0I didn’t need money. \u00a0I had everything. \u00a0I didn’t need to sing anymore.”<\/p>\n

Of course, Ms. Houston wasn’t singing for the Lord and that may have made a difference. \u00a0Nevertheless, I could not help but compare the joy The Special Gathering choir has in worship and ministry to this sad woman who “had everything.”<\/p>\n

To be honest with you, The Special Gathering choirs are “better felt, than telt.” \u00a0Some of the choir members would even be put into the category of \u00a0Tone Deaf. \u00a0Yet what they lack in talent, they make up with joy and excitement to be serving the Lord.<\/p>\n

Forgettable days should happen on occasion and I’m glad that for me it means a day of rest. \u00a0But to lose the joy of a new day would be sad beyond imagination for me.<\/p>\n

What are the things that give you the most joy in your life? \u00a0Are forgettable days times of rest for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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