I feel rotten

I have a stinking head-cold. I hate it when I feel like this. It's not that I'm going to die or anything, but I just don't feel like doing anything. I briefly though of staying home and laying on the couch today, but there's too much to do.

We have our annual congregational meeting tonight. I think I have everything pretty much ready. I finished the annual report yesterday; just need a devotion and to decided what to talk about.

I think I'm going to bring up the church membership issue. Right now we have a 'membership covenant' that you have to sign; after going through a membership class; and there's a thing on Sunday mroning when you're "accepted" into membership. And it's not that it shouldn't be a big deal, because I am glad for the people who have taken that step of faith and have agreed to the discipline. I think that's important.

I guess part of why I want to at least look at changing it is because it kind of looks like a tiered sort of thing. Like, you can become a Christian, but then you must do this and that and this other thing to really become "acceptable." I would kinda like to change it so it appears mroe real - that we're ALL acceptable no matter where we are in our walk with God. Jesus just asks us to follow... that can be from a multitude of diffrent starting points. So I'm wondering if we should just ask: "Are you willing to follow Jesus with this group of people?" If so, sign your name here. If not, don't. Simple, right? We would probably have it be some sort of renewable thing - like maybe every two years or something. That way we wouldn't have to remove people from membership. You either were still interested, or you weren't.

I dunno. Maybe it's a copout. Maybe it's to keep from having to hold people accountable. Maybe it's to lower the standards. I don't think that's my intent. But maybe it is. My intent is to try to remove the barriers that seem to be there to church membership. To say "You can follow Jesus no matter what your starting point, and we will accept you no matter what and try to help you." That's my point.

Well, my nose is running. I am tired. My mind is Nyquil fried. I've taken Nyquil the last two nights. On the one hand I don't like it because it makes me have weired dreams and I'm a bit sluggish. But on the other hand, I kinda like that feeling when you wake up in the middel of the night - like to pee or something - and you don't know where you are or what you're doing, and you don't really care. :) Crazy.

I need to start on a sermon for this week. I think I'm going to hold off on starting Galatians until at least next week. Just not into it. Can't think straight. Lord, I could use some major help righ tnow.

I don't know if this makes any sense or not. Don't have the energy to re-read it even. Gotta blow... my nose. ARgh.