Sunday, January 27, 2008
God is faithful
the title says it all; God, please give me the wisdom and patience to wait upon You and Your movement.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
patience, patience...
that is the overriding theme in my life right now. it seems that God can't get enough of telling me that.
BE PATIENT.
i'm very eager to be a youth pastor, but i'm realizing with each passing day that God wants me to be patient. the right position will come along. in the meantime, i have so very much to learn about youth ministry. i'm eager to be a youth pastor, but so very nervous about it at the same time, knowing that when i'm in charge of a group of students, i'm responsible for sharing Christ's love with them. i don't want to mess that up.
BE PATIENT.
a very unexpected friendship/relationship/"we're-holding-off-on-actually-making-this-a-relationship-right-now-until-we-discover-what-God-wants-us-to-do" has brought almost grotesque amounts of joy into my life recently. she's such a blessing.
in regards to the ridiculously hyphenated phrase directly above, we both feel that God is telling us to BE PATIENT. we've been doing this the right way from the start--praying for wisdom concerning the 'relationship', and we both feel that God is telling us to take it slow.....extremely slow. therefore, we're friends. the main reason we're being so careful is that neither of us wants to get in the way of the other. she has told me numerous times that she knows we're on different chapters in our lives and she doesn't want to hold me back from what God is doing in my life. i feel the same way towards her. i don't really know where God is leading me or when.
BE PATIENT.
if anyone has a minute or two to spare, please throw a prayer my (our) way.
God, give me patience......and yes, i realize the irony that by asking for patience, Lord, it's pretty likely that what You'll do is make me wait. touché.
BE PATIENT.
i'm very eager to be a youth pastor, but i'm realizing with each passing day that God wants me to be patient. the right position will come along. in the meantime, i have so very much to learn about youth ministry. i'm eager to be a youth pastor, but so very nervous about it at the same time, knowing that when i'm in charge of a group of students, i'm responsible for sharing Christ's love with them. i don't want to mess that up.
BE PATIENT.
a very unexpected friendship/relationship/"we're-holding-off-on-actually-making-this-a-relationship-right-now-until-we-discover-what-God-wants-us-to-do" has brought almost grotesque amounts of joy into my life recently. she's such a blessing.
in regards to the ridiculously hyphenated phrase directly above, we both feel that God is telling us to BE PATIENT. we've been doing this the right way from the start--praying for wisdom concerning the 'relationship', and we both feel that God is telling us to take it slow.....extremely slow. therefore, we're friends. the main reason we're being so careful is that neither of us wants to get in the way of the other. she has told me numerous times that she knows we're on different chapters in our lives and she doesn't want to hold me back from what God is doing in my life. i feel the same way towards her. i don't really know where God is leading me or when.
BE PATIENT.
if anyone has a minute or two to spare, please throw a prayer my (our) way.
God, give me patience......and yes, i realize the irony that by asking for patience, Lord, it's pretty likely that what You'll do is make me wait. touché.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
moving on
as an update to all who have so feverishly been following my job search, i wish to announce....a few things, actually.
first and foremost, i am ceasing the job search in the traditional sense (aka- for a traditional job) and i will be commencing the search for a youth pastor position. where, you ask? well, i don't know where, which brings me to my second point.
second, i put in my "2 weeks" at the skinny. yes, that's right. this friday and saturday nite are the last chances anyone, including you, will ever have to see me on the skinny improv stage. it all ends with the mystery hour on saturday nite at 10:15. i've got to say, this was by far the toughest decision i had to make, but at the same time is the one i feel most confident about. God gave me a spiritual slap in the face while i was home over the holidays, and i'm completely sure this whole endeavor is what i need to be doing. while i love the skinny and all the people there, it is by far the thing that has been holding me (back) here.
so now i embark on a new mission: God's mission. it will without a doubt be utterly successful as long as i don't let myself get in the way and try to call the shots. i've been doing that since i graduated in may, and the result has been that half of my post-college life (aka- 4 out of the 8 months since graduation) has been spent unemployed.
i have no idea where i will end up. that's simultaneously the most exciting and the scariest part about this whole situation. i have nothing tying me here, but i also have no definite plans. i guess that's where trust and faith come in. if i do end up leaving springfield, though, i'll be sure to let anyone who might care know about it before i'm gone. in any case, this is going to be the beginning of the best part of my life.
God, give me the courage to depend fully on you. i've avoided that in the past, and it's been nothing but trouble thus far. help me to be more like You in every way. above all, help me to devote all of my energy to You and this calling you've placed on my life.
p.s. - on an unrelated note, i'm ecstatic that American Gladiators has officially made its way back onto television. Wolf is my favorite gladiator.
first and foremost, i am ceasing the job search in the traditional sense (aka- for a traditional job) and i will be commencing the search for a youth pastor position. where, you ask? well, i don't know where, which brings me to my second point.
second, i put in my "2 weeks" at the skinny. yes, that's right. this friday and saturday nite are the last chances anyone, including you, will ever have to see me on the skinny improv stage. it all ends with the mystery hour on saturday nite at 10:15. i've got to say, this was by far the toughest decision i had to make, but at the same time is the one i feel most confident about. God gave me a spiritual slap in the face while i was home over the holidays, and i'm completely sure this whole endeavor is what i need to be doing. while i love the skinny and all the people there, it is by far the thing that has been holding me (back) here.
so now i embark on a new mission: God's mission. it will without a doubt be utterly successful as long as i don't let myself get in the way and try to call the shots. i've been doing that since i graduated in may, and the result has been that half of my post-college life (aka- 4 out of the 8 months since graduation) has been spent unemployed.
i have no idea where i will end up. that's simultaneously the most exciting and the scariest part about this whole situation. i have nothing tying me here, but i also have no definite plans. i guess that's where trust and faith come in. if i do end up leaving springfield, though, i'll be sure to let anyone who might care know about it before i'm gone. in any case, this is going to be the beginning of the best part of my life.
God, give me the courage to depend fully on you. i've avoided that in the past, and it's been nothing but trouble thus far. help me to be more like You in every way. above all, help me to devote all of my energy to You and this calling you've placed on my life.
p.s. - on an unrelated note, i'm ecstatic that American Gladiators has officially made its way back onto television. Wolf is my favorite gladiator.
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