Happy Monday!

Today is a great day. Why, you ask? Because it isn't yesterday. Yesterday's service was filled with technical difficulties that turned into chaos. The chaos trickled over to the Kids Church, which got the kids all wound up. The wound up kids created crowd control issues that made it difficult for me to preach well. I honestly believe it was the worst Sunday morning I've ever had as a pastor.

Of course, one of the worst mental illnesses that pastors have is that when things go great, we give all the credit to God, but when things go bad, we take all the blame on ourselves. I understand why bad things happen to good people, why God allows suffering, and why God's protection and provision does not always guaranty safety and prosperity. Yet, for some unknown reason, a computer crashes, sets up a chain reaction that we could not have planned for, and I feel like a failure. Bad things happen to good computers, too. I get that now.

It's a good thing that God can use even the worst experiences for good. I have no doubt that people God moved in peoples' hearts yesterday. I'm sure that many people received exactly what they needed from our Sunday morning service. I'll bet there were even some kids who had fun and can't wait to come back. The most flawed people can do impossible things through God, and He can work miracles in the midst of our failures. In the end, whether or not it was smooth, our kids learned that God expects us to be difference makers and world changers, and that we can't be afraid to stand up for what is right. The presentation may not have been the best, but the underlying message was.

So, happy Monday! It's a new day. I am over yesterday. I've made my peace with it. This week will be better. It has to be, unless God releases a plague of locusts in the auditorium. Either way, this Sunday will be exciting. See you there.