I've had lots of blog worthy conversations and thoughts but have lacked the time to type them out. So here goes....I'll start with now and hopefully will be able to back-blog about Nannah, 5K, and Assembly...there might be another random one here or there.
Okay so here goes for today. I love Catalyst Church. I truly love it. I love our people. They are true, authentic, genuine (yeah-synonyms i know). I love Levi and the job he does. He truly seeks to bring scriptural truth out and to teach it boldly. And he does and I sit in my chair each week with tears streaming down my face. Sometimes it's because I hurt for others, sometimes it's because I feel like there are things in my life that need work, sometimes it's because I'm filled with joy but a lot of time it's because I'm overwhelmed with such a love for the people around me. Today, I sat with my friend who is one of our biggest cheerleaders. She is being transformed by God's love and that is infectious. I sat in front of another couple that again, I'm just able to journey with and see what God is doing in their lives. It was overwhelming for me today.
At the end of the service, Levi called Brendan, our youth intern up and he asked our people to gather around him and pray. Now, if I"m being totally honest, it freaked me out for a minute. We don't do the gather around and pray thing very often and I worried about how our peeps would respond to that. It was just a second because I hopped up to go pray for Brendan as did a bunch of our peeps. My two friends from the previous paragraph did too. That meant the world to me. (had they not, it would have been okay too-just to clarify) It was neat to see them supporting the body of Christ in such a way. I loved that we, as Catalyst, were showing this 20 year old kid that we love him, we support him, and we're on his team. Ministry is hard and it sucks sometimes, a lot of times for some pastors. What a cool way to start your first ministry experirence- Catalyst style??
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Praise God for touching and using people like you mentioned. I am 63 years old and have seen so many situations over the years that cause so much grief for pastors and I admire so much the ones that can hang in there and do the will of God when it is so tough. It is certainly not a pie in the sky job like some people may think. Keep on keeping on girl and give him all the support you can. God will do what He does best. I have a blog "The Simple Life" at http://odielangley.blogspot.com and email at odie@qualityofficeequipmentinc.com God bless you and have an awesome day.
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