Ministry, in any aspect, is hard. It can wear us thin and cause us to stay awake at night. Ministry takes planning, organizing, and time away from things we like. We see a need, we feel like we should fill it. Can I whisper a freeing truth in your ear? Every need is not a call. Just because you see a need, doesn’t mean you are called to fill it. Before starting any new ministry, or if you are trying to let go of…
When life hands you a season of rest, take it. This summer I did. After wrapping up school, I decided to take a step back from the things I was frantically doing each day. Blogwork. Housework. Schoolwork. Bible work. Although all of those things are good things. And all of those things are profitable. But sometimes work needs to be laid aside for a season of rest. Sometimes a season of talking needs to be replaced with a season of listening….
My husband and I were talking the other day about our church. You see, a couple of years ago our church found itself without a pastor. Right about the same time a pastor found himself without a church. To make a long story short, this godly man agreed to be our interim pastor until we could find a permanent one. What we didn’t know, and what he didn’t know, was what God was going to do. As we met together every Sunday and Wednesday, he…
Piece by piece we put the puzzle together. It grows bigger and bigger, revealing the picture from the box. As we sort through the pieces, we might have a strategy, we might get lucky and find a few pieces that fit together, but when we look at the pieces still sitting off to the side we see a tangled mess. Most of life resembles the unassembled puzzle. We walk through our days, holding the broken pieces close to our chest….