On September 20, I will celebrate my 21st year in ministry.It was on that day that I publicly made my decision to follow Christ's call into full-time ministry. I had made the decision on Sunday, Sept. 6th while on a Singles Retreat at Inn of the Hills in Kerrville.
That's where these pictures are from. I have a picture that I snapped that night by the river; at the spot where I felt the Lord spoke to me. That picture hangs high in my office and on those days when I am ready to walk away from ministry, I think about that moment.
Just recently I was challenged to think back to that moment when I felt the Lord speak. It wasn't a specific call to Music Ministry, although that is what I have been doing for these 21 years. It was a call to be obedient. All I can really remember at that moment was hearing in my spirit " I will provide". So many times I have had to lean upon those three little words when I didn't know what was coming next in ministry. The Lord has provided--marvelously and wonderfully for 21 years. What will the next 21 hold?
Ministry for me has certainly changed in the last 21 years. I hope that the Lord is preparing in me a vision and passion for ministry for the next 21.
Where and when were you called into ministry ?
This post is part Randy Elrod's Blog Carnival, Watercooler Wednesdays.
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