Hi Guys!
Boy, has the Lord just plopped a ministry in my lap! Most of my life I have had to search for where my ministry was suppose to be because I was in my little "Christian bubble." But just yesterday I realized I didn't have to search for it. It just kind of happened. I started school at a community college and started working at a sports apparel place last week. Both places are filled with lost people. And I am befriending the most unlikely people! It is quite an awesome ministry!
And as I was reflecting on my unlikely friendships yesterday I remembered all the people that turned their nose up to my being opposed to going to a Christian university. Now let me say first of all, I have nothing against Christian universities at all and I think getting a Christian education is a great thing!! It just wasn't where I felt God was leading me!
But as I was looking at what college I wanted to go to when I would tell people where I was going, (or thought I was going before the Lord moved us to LA.) people would turn their nose up at me. Because the school that I thought I was going to go to was known as the party school. But what a sad thing that it was looked down upon for a Christian to go to a "worldly" school. Wasn't it Jesus himself that hung out with the drunkards, notorious sinners? Jesus didn't hang out with the "religious people." So why would we as Christ Followers center our lives only around "religious" people?
I just turned 18, and yes I know that I am young. But why wait until I am out of school to do something big? Why wait until I am married, or older, or more qualified. God's will for my life is right here. Right now. So why wait? I am ready for this amazing, crazy, whirlwind of a journey that God has for me! And I pray as I am on this journey that the Lord would give me boldness to make known the mystery of His Gospel!
Ephesians 6:19-20
Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
It's the little things
Oh let me just tell you. The Lord is at work! I'm not really sure what He is doing, but He is preparing my family and I for something big!
We moved to Louisiana 3 weeks ago and I have to say this has been one of the toughest moves yet!(And we have moved 9 times in 5 years)
You know, honestly I think the reason this one has been so hard is because I got comfortable in Virginia. I was fine just the way things were. I was comfortable. Not that that is wrong and actually I was very involved in our church, but that's as far as it went. I was not longer reaching out to the lost, the hurting, the dying.
This move has changed my thinking in a lot of ways! Being my last summer before college it has been particularly tough. Where am I going to go to college?? But that is a a topic for another post.
When we first got here I went through somewhat of a depression. I hated it. I wanted to go back to where I knew, where I was comfortable. But I know that is not where I was suppose to be. I was talking with a friend last night and he asked me how I was liking it here. And I had a pity party for myself and was telling him about all the things that I hate. And then I remembered that I had prayed that the Lord would never allow me to be comfortable. And I remembered that it wasn't in this alone. My Father is always here for me! It gave me a new perspective and now I remember that life isn't about being comfortable, it's about loving the Lord. It's about seeking Him in everything I do. It's about realizing that that sunrise I watched this morning was painted by MY CREATOR. It's about seeing Christ in the little things.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
We moved to Louisiana 3 weeks ago and I have to say this has been one of the toughest moves yet!(And we have moved 9 times in 5 years)
You know, honestly I think the reason this one has been so hard is because I got comfortable in Virginia. I was fine just the way things were. I was comfortable. Not that that is wrong and actually I was very involved in our church, but that's as far as it went. I was not longer reaching out to the lost, the hurting, the dying.
This move has changed my thinking in a lot of ways! Being my last summer before college it has been particularly tough. Where am I going to go to college?? But that is a a topic for another post.
When we first got here I went through somewhat of a depression. I hated it. I wanted to go back to where I knew, where I was comfortable. But I know that is not where I was suppose to be. I was talking with a friend last night and he asked me how I was liking it here. And I had a pity party for myself and was telling him about all the things that I hate. And then I remembered that I had prayed that the Lord would never allow me to be comfortable. And I remembered that it wasn't in this alone. My Father is always here for me! It gave me a new perspective and now I remember that life isn't about being comfortable, it's about loving the Lord. It's about seeking Him in everything I do. It's about realizing that that sunrise I watched this morning was painted by MY CREATOR. It's about seeing Christ in the little things.
Jeremiah 29:11-13
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart."
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