My goodness it’s Sunday already!

It was a full day at the Atlanta conference on Saturday that left time for little else but soaking up what was offered then racing off to the car rental place and my return flight.  Finally, shortly after 10:00 p.m., I fell in the door of home with suitcases and computer dropped nearby while I headed upstairs to bed.

Too much in one day for a ‘chronologically maturing woman’ of my age!

I often wonder what one can say consistently when it comes to “Sunday Subjects”.  We normally think of reading something ’spiritual’ because it’s ‘Sunday’ and after all, aren’t we supposed to be spiritual on Sunday.

I don’t mean to sound fascitious or sarcastic, but I just came from a conference about how our “work is our worship” and that the ‘church’ ought to be operating within the marketplace.  Yet, most folks still think of Sunday as the day to be ’spiritual’ - think spiritual thoughts, do spiritual things, don’t do unspiritual things like shopping, reading, gardening or the likes (that’s what my grandma used to tell me - don’t work on Sunday).

Well I think that’s hogwash!  The question comes down to “what’s spiritual”?

What is spiritual?  How do we define it?  And is being spiritual only something we do on Sunday (or Friday if we’re Jewish)?

“Being spiritual” is really a matter of who we are.  We are spiritual beings.  You can argue the point or deny it, but the fact remains - that’s the way we’re made.  We are spiritual by nature.  So it stands to reason that everything we do - the sum total of our thoughts, actions, activities, etc. are a function of our spiritual nature in some way, shape or form.

When we come into the marketplace, which is where most of us go from Monday through Friday, we bring our spirituality with us.  I’m not talking about our expression thereof.  I’m talking about the essence of who we are. 

One of the things I heard over the last several days was that “our work is our worship”.  When we answer the call of our passion and put it into the context of our destiny-design (our God-given purpose), then what we do is our worship to the One Who made us.  The One Who gave us the passion-for whatever it is that we do.  The same One Who made it possible for us to develop native skills and abilities so we could fulfill the purpose for which we were made.

So thinking that what we do on Sunday is “be spiritual” by going to church or some other ‘religious’ function is only a small piece of the whole pie.  The whole pie is who we are, what we love and desire, what we do with that love and desire (passion) and how we live it out in a meaningful way.  The by-product is not only how we live it out, but how in living it out, we impact other’s lives for good.

Now that’s a mouthful!  You can tell I’ve been to the “mountaintop” for a “peak experience” when I talk in this way.  I came home full of creative thought and energy with my passion to be a resource to women firing with both barrels.

In all seriousness and without denigrating our Sunday morning worship time; if we don’t take that time and experience with us on Monday morning into whatever endeavor we have chosen for ourselves - then it’s been just an exercise in playing “spiritual”.

So my encouragement is that with the morning hour, as you head for the office or wherever it is that you go to do whatever it is that you do - you be reminded that you are as much going to ‘worship’ as you did today. That you take ‘being spiritual’ as you were expected to be on Sunday into Monday, Tuesday and the next days of the week with the same fervor and devotion as you might have today.

TaDa, that’s it for Women’s Sunday Subjects.  Didn’t start this with the idea of ‘preachin’, but it’s hard for those of us who have a passion for helping others tackle the ‘big questions of life’ and find reasonable practical answers; to not ‘preach’ a little along the way.

Have an awesome evening with much love and many blessings!  Stay tune and stay connected.

Linda