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When the going gets tough, the tough get going?
This week has been the last push before half term which for interns means we get a week that’s a little easier going! It has been one of the busiest weeks I think for all of us recently and I’ve realised more than ever how much the business of life can really be a distraction from God. For me this week has seen a panicked soup making fiasco that ended alright (ask the others who sampled my gammon and parsnip soup – I would pick a fancy one to make!), but we’ve all experienced the ever fascinating Old Testament teaching on Jonah and Amos from our very own Richard Briggs on Tuesday and Wednesday and then a very revealing session with Melody Briggs where we discussed our theological backgrounds, and finally a morning gardening in Newton Hall with Reuben keeping watch over our work! I know that I got to the end of myself this week, physically, emotionally and spiritually and that is where thankfully God stepped in!
It’s a problem I think church workers the world over are plagued with; how to stay focused on Jesus and not get distracted by all the things you have to do. I am thankful to God that even though I don’t know the answer I have him to rely upon when I get to the stage where I’ve lost the plot!
I took a walk in Pelaw Woods this week to get that much needed cave time and if you’ve ever walked down towards the river through those woods you’ll know there’s a wonderful view of Durham Cathedral! It was something so unexpected for me to see that view when half way down there was a bench which I perched on but I felt it was quite poignant! In a place where you can so easily forget where you are there was something to remind me; a place of worship that defines the Durham skyline!
I went on a walk to Pelaw Woods to clear my mind and try to capture the point again of why I do all the things I do in the week and there I found it – worship! It’s something so familiar that the whole of the Christian life is about worshipping God, living in response to what he’s done but this is precisely the reason why it’s so easy to forget its meaning. It’s also quite ironic that I’ve found it easy to say to students that it’s important for them to spend some positive time with God in order to gain perspective on their exams, the lesson I’ve been trying to teach others has finally taught me! I pray that the joy of the Lord overflows into the things I do so that they become about worshipping him and doing so with a glad heart!