Okay, so I'm sure many of you have been there. You feel God calling you into a certain ministry and what do you do? You act just like Moses in Exodus 3 & 4 and come up with every excuse you can think of to tell yourself that God must have made some mistake. He never would choose you for such a task. But the thing about arguing with God is that He always wins!
That's precisely what I've been going through for some time now. My church has weekly Bible clubs for boys and girls during the school year. The vast majority of these kids do not attend any church on Sundays and come from broken, secular homes. Over the past 3 years, we have gone through 3 teachers for the oldest girls' class (6-9 grade). The girls are just so rude, disrespectful, resentful of authority, etc. that the teachers are burnt-out after only a year. Well, I've found myself thinking about this group of teenage girls more and more over the past few months. I knew God was telling me that I should volunteer to teach them. It finally got to the point of keeping me up at night. For every good idea God gave me, I came up with 3 reasons why I shouldn't. And on the wrestling match went...until today in church. The leader of the club announced that the club would only be going up to 6th grade this year because she couldn't find anyone to teach the teenagers. I thought back to when I was in middle school and what a pivotal period it was in my life. I knew it was now or never, so I talked with her after the service and told her not to disclude the older girls; I would teach them.
So here I am just hours later. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of my shoulders, yet I'm terrified at the same time. I feel so inadequate for the job. How will I have any more patience and endurance than the other teachers have in the past? Yet a little voice inside me keeps telling me that I did the right thing and it will all work out.
Please pray that God will help me to have more confidence in Him. I know this is part of his plan and I need to trust in him more. No task is ever too big if we rely fully on God.
I hope everyone else had a better 4th than my family and I did. Actually, it wasn't that bad, more humorous. It will definitely be one we'll never forget. Here's why: in the middle of grilling up some BBQ chicken for dinner, the gas ran out. No biggie, right? Just pop it in the oven. Well...we had thunderstorms and the power went out so the chicken never got fully cooked. We ended up eating a dinner of baked potatoes and beans (which were already finished) by candlelight. There were also no fireworks because of all the storms. So that was our pathetic celebration on 07/04/07. Anyone else have any funny stories about holidays gone wrong?
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Independance Day! I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday. I am new to the site and always enjoy meeting new friends so feel free to say hi.
Take care and God Bless!
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