Better is one day

I find myself in a current jam for many reasons. The first reason is that I cannot work at the church full time and that is all that I really want right now. I like my job at the Betty Griffin House, I don't think any other job could co-exist with being a Pastor better than this one. I like my bosses, my co-workers and there is not one single draw back to this job. I don't think anyone could come into this job and this setting and not be completely happy, except me. I long each day to get up, go to the church and pray, read, study and make visits. To be able to paint, clean and straighten things up there on a daily basis.
A great example of this is that yesterday, my dad had a doctor's appointment and I went with him and then realized that I had over 7 hours comp time from my weekend trip and conference so I took the remainder of the day off. And you guessed it, I went to the church, did a bunch of praying and studying then painted the rest of the afternoon until time to start picking up kids for youth group. We had youth, I loved it and had a great time with them. THen, aftward I took them home and went to the house to end up watching Wipeout with the girls. I was well at peace and feeling good about life. It was an evening after a great afternoon in my heart and in my mind.This morning I got up, and found myself driving to work wishing I could just go to the church and pray, study and paint. That's right I would rather be painting(which I hate by the way) than sitting in a nice office doing some reading and talking to people.
It brings me to the song Better is one day. The chorus goes like this:
Better is one day in your courts, better is one day in your house, better is one day in your courts than thousands elsewhere.
Those words were oh so true to me yesterday afternoon as I found comfort and peace in painting in the sanctuary. Better was one afternoon in His house painting than thousands anywhere else.
Thanks for reading(and enduring my whining) and have a great day!