Privilege

After a relatively light Sunday last week today is a bit crazy with 4 very different services, 3 completed this morning and an all age family celebration this afternoon.
Last night and this morning I felt exhausted at the thought of the day ahead and wondered how I would survive.
Each service celebrated Candlemas and it was a real joy to celebrate and hear different responses to the special moment Jesus was presented at the temple just 40 days old....dear old Simeona nd Anna already recognising the significance of this new baby, especially hearing a lady preach her very first sermon amazingly well. ( may be out of a job soon 😛)

And as I stood to preside over the bread and wine I suddenly felt so humbled to be there, so privileged to be in the job, in the place I am and so blessed. We are not a huge church numerically but we are so blessed with gifted people who are so willing to serve this parish to help those around them and are faithful.

As I came home exhausted but happy I was met by my boys playing on their scooters with the neighbours giggling up and down the road and now Dan is playing with one of the boys on the Wii..the sound of light savers vibrating around the house....yes today it's a privilege to be here and I truly am blessed.