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Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Welcome to Holy Week. Forgot to say that Sunday.
I haven't had the world's most quiet, introspective Lent as it turns out; Nathan being born and then our Amsterdam trip and the being knocked up thing have conspired against that.
I'm trying to accept the fact that I'm probably going to have to miss the Easter Vigil, which is only my favorite service of the whole year. But it starts at 8:00 p.m., and preggo chicks who are out cold on the sofa every night by 8:30 p.m. don't get to go to long church services and handle live flames. This is not the year to burn St. Ned's down.
I think the big thing that I've absorbed during Lent this year is a stronger than ever sense of providence; consider the lillies of the field, etc. We are going to be ok, and all my worrying doesn't actually affect that either way, so I could, you know, skip it. Letting go of (most of) the last little bits of money anxiety has been remarkably freeing.
Through a combination of operating online banking while exhausted and just plain bad math, I significantly overpaid our tithe to St. Ned's this month, enough to put us into pretty tight finances. I decided to let it ride, just to see what would happen; I mean, I am feeling extra grateful this month so maybe an extra sacrifice isn't a bad thing. And so far everything has been fine or slightly better than fine, and I haven't been worried at all or wanted for anything. We really just don't need very much. I don't know why that has to keep bonking me upside the head, but it does, and I'm amazed by it every time.
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