Well Hello There,
Let me start off this blog by telling you who I am so you can better understand where I am coming from and why I feel so compelled to start writing about things I am experiencing and lessons I am learning along the way. First off I am a born again Christian. I would love to say I have lived a life of complete obedience to the Lord and was not your typical rebellious, my parents are so stupid teenager but alas I was not. I was the teen who in front of an audience was sweet, respectful, and could put on a show, but when the doors closed the devil in me came out. I learned the hard way, with many years of mistakes what a true relationship with Christ meant and I have to wake up each day and choose Him and His ways over my selfish ways. Do I always do that perfectly, no way! That's where his Grace steps in and saves the day. I was born and raised a PK kid. What's that you might ask. It's a kid that saw the best and the worst of the church. It's a kid who saw how people really treat a man of God that preaches behind a pulpit. In some ways it tainted me and in others, it fueled my faith. I learned what true evil and true kindness were very early, I learned a church is full of very broken people that all need Jesus to get through the day. I told God. Did you hear my lasts sentence? I told God. Let me state I have since learned on several occasions that I do not tell God anything I will and will not do because every time I do I eat my super bitter to swallow word. So, back to the part where I told God: I told him that I would never go into the ministry of any kind in a church. Well, I'll give you one guess where my last 6 years have been spent. Yep, you guessed it. In ministry. I have been moved around a few times, but the big bulk of it and where I am now is student ministries. When I told God no He said I will fill you with burdens and passions that will pull you closer to where I want you. He made my heart so on fire for the students and all they are facing in this broken world. I wanted them to come into the church and instantly feel the love of Christ. Sometimes that comes easy with a smile back my way and sometimes it's a not so easy eye roll. I'd love to say that everything is peachy, ministry is great and I haven't come home and cried tears over my students God has entrusted us with, but that would be a lie and in turn, there would be no reason to be writing this blog now. I am not only a student ministry assistant. I'm a wife and a mother to a teen. I see what garbage is being fed to our teens and it's a battle I am not going to face lying down. I am fed up with what the world says and I am more concerned with what God says through the Bible. This is my journey, the lesson's I'm learning, and the battles our kids are facing. Are you ready to come along with me? If so, strap on your big girl or big boy panties because I'm not shying away from the hard topics. Here we go!
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