I have been thinking a lot today about what God wants from me.  Granted, He doesn’t “need” anything from me.  Often I get overwhelmed with little things and forget the calling that has been placed on my life.

I’ve been feeling God leading me to start a ministry myself.  I am not sure of the context that it will eventually take, but the initial idea is based off a book by Brennan Manning called “A Ragamuffin Gospel”  I am still laying out the foundation of what this ministry will look like and part of it will be dependent on those God leads my way.  Over the last seven months, I feel I have been spinning my wheels trying to make things work out on my own and applying for jobs all over the country.  None of those things have worked out and I haven’t been offered a position anywhere around here,  but I still feel the call to full-time ministry.

I can only do what God has asked of me.  Everything else will fail in the sight of God.  I may succeed in the eyes of men, but ultimately they aren’t the ones I answer to.

This has been a decision a long time in the making.  I’ve prayed and thought about this for several years now.  There was once a time I thought it would fit under the umbrella of another ministry.  It can’t be put off any longer now.  Keep us in prayer.

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