When I decided to add a midday service to our absolutely insane church schedule this Holy Week, I never thought one additional service would make me sooooooo tired.

To clarify – we here at Saint Matthew’s have Holy Week services at 7:15am, 12:00pm, and 7:30pm each day during this Holy Week.

This morning after Morning Prayer at 7:15am, I sat in my church office staring at the bomb shelter that is now my office. My desk is a mess. I have boxes piled up in the corners. My bookshelf is a mess. I want to clean it all up, but I am tired. And it is not that I haven’t slept. OK, my “sleeping” is different than most considering I get around 4 hours a night.

I have to finalize my sermon for tonight’s Vigil (beginning at 6:30pm). We have an Easter egg hunt at the church (beginning at 11:00am). I have hospital runs this afternoon. Oh, and I have to get ready for our Noon service sometime over the next twenty minutes. AND I have to fix up my Sunday sermon at some point today.
While I am tired, it is truly a blessed time. I can sleep late on Monday.