{"id":349,"date":"2005-06-22T23:35:23","date_gmt":"2005-06-22T23:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/when_did_i_sit.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:46:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:46:50","slug":"when_did_i_sit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2005\/06\/when_did_i_sit.shtml","title":{"rendered":"When Did I Sit Down?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When did I sit down?  When did I decide that it was OK to rest, to take a break?  When did I decide that the status quo was acceptable?  When did keeping silent become the preferred thing to do?<br \/>\nThis is not what I signed up for, to let the world go by unchallenged.  No, becoming a Christian was about dreaming big, thinking big and acting big.  In the past few years I&#8217;ve seen some real needs for big dreams and big voices in our churches.  I&#8217;ve tried to be one of those voices, with various levels of success.<br \/>\nBut lately I&#8217;ve been tired.  Tired of fighting, tired of speaking up, tired of being what felt like a lone voice.  I&#8217;ve grown quiet, and sat back and watched.  I sat down.<br \/>\nMonday night, three of the deacons got together for the first time in a long, long time.  We talked about the church, our roles and our frustrations.  We agreed on much, but decided on one thing, that we needed to keep getting together.  We have a responsibility to God, to our church, to our minister and to each other.  It felt <em>so good<\/em> to get with these men, I missed this so much.<br \/>\nIt was in front of this backdrop that it hit me that I had sat down.  Not that the Christian life is all about some Great Battle or always about fighting for some Important Idea, but that there are things worth fighting for, to the end.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to strengthen these feeble knees and stand up again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When did I sit down? 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