My last day working for LCBC's Middle School ministry is this Sunday. It hasn't really hit yet. The great thing is that I'm not parting ways with our community, I will still be working for LCBC! But this week I have the realization set in that I am leaving an amazing group of people. God has crafted such an amazing team to accomplish a difficult task and I am so thankful that I could have even a small part in what God is doing in the lives of Middle Schoolers in Central Pennsylvania.
But I know that God has wired me with this desire to make things better especially in areas of technology and production, so I leave the Student Ministry department knowing that God is calling me to a place where I can focus more energy in the areas that he has gifted me in. I am excited to move from serving in one ministry to being able to serve our whole church.
Today in my last Student Ministry creative team meeting, we talked briefly about the Spirit's fruit of faithfulness. We talked about how one of the best ways to teach about these fruits is through story. As I thought about how God has been faithful to me (and now Megan and I), the journey that I have been on for the past few years was on the forefront. I know that in the macro view of my life, that God will simple take care of me. I don't need to sweat the small stuff, and in all reality, I don't need to sweat the big stuff. God is faithful.
I really don't need to worry about where God will have me in twenty years. He obviously created me for a purpose and he will use me to fulfill that purpose and when I am done with that "task" I will die (I was thinking about using a lighter term for death like "move on" but chose not to). Part of me struggles with the death aspect of my life, mainly with the part of leaving Megan or Megan leaving me. But how can we not struggle with that when we are able to fully comprehend what some parts of our afterlife experience will be like.
So, as I move to this next mile marker in my journey, I know that God is faithful and that even when I have days like I did today (Megan's driver-side mirror was smashed by another car last night, they drove off).
God thank you that you are more than reliable, that you know what each of the next "big" steps of my life will look like (thank you you see all of my live at the same time somehow)! Please, continue to allow Megan and I to have some part of making the world right again. Keep me out of the way so that I cannot screw up what you want to do.
The Yellowstone We Wanted
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For more than a year and a half we planned. Phone calls, saving money,
assembling gear, reading endlessly. We were seeking a set of experiences we
could c...
5 years ago
