This past Wednesday reality slapped me in the face. After a GREAT week at VBS, I quickly realized there were many things that needed to get done and not a lot of time to do them.
One such thing was preparing myself--and a teaching--for the weekend services. With the entry of little Larissa Joy into the world (Todd and Hilary's newborn baby girl =) came the opportunity for me to teach in "big church." I was excited and anxious.
The amount of time I had to prepare wasn't the only thing that contributed to my anxiousness. I also discovered I was nervous about teaching the adults in our church family. The last such opportunity was over a year ago.
I found myself entertaining this line of thinking: "I hope I can do as well as the last time..." It wasn't long before God reminded me of His promise: "As good as things may have been in the past, I have even better--and different--things for your future." Immediately, I felt at peace. Why would I aspire to something in the past when I serve a God who's always interested in doing a new thing, and who changes me from glory to glory?
I don't want to go backwards; I want to move forwards. I had a great time in services this past weekend and it's because I was freed up to be who I am today--not backtrack to who I was a year ago.
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