Hello,
There once was a little girl who went to church. She did like going every week, but she was a clock watcher. She would pay attention, but would constantly be watching the clock. She knew the order of the mass by heart. She knew when it was half over without looking at the clock.
In retrospect, just because she was going to church every week and loved God, doesn't mean that she was truly paying attention. The reality is that very often she was mentally making a list of things that needed to be done that week.
Clearly she wasn't getting everything from Church that she should have.
She also planned which mass she went to around her plans for the day. Early plans meant going Saturday night. No plans meant sleeping in and going at noon. Either way, she fit in church around her schedule.
That girl has since made her Faith her focus. She makes Sunday her Rest Day. If plans come up she fits them around Church. That is number one.
I run races. I very rarely sign up for Sunday races. If I can still get to Church after then I will do it. I have gone to church still wearing my race bib. But, for the most part I don't sign up for any race on Sundays. If it's a travel weekend I will sit in traffic over getting on the road and missing church.
I should also mention that I have slight OCD. I am a clock watcher most of the time. These days when I'm in church I never ever look at the clock. I'm never
thinking about what I have to do this week. I am not making shopping
lists in my head. The services I have been attending for over a year are always over an hour. I don't look at the time until I am in my car. It's a nice and freeing feeling.
In my Bible Study we discussed the role of the shepherd and the sheep. The sheep know the shepherd by his voice. This girl hears the voice now when she worships. It's wonderful.
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-John 10: 14-15
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