You know, just this past week, I was reminded of an event that
had occurred some years back that I wanted to share. This young
lady, in her mid 30s was at a time in her life when everything seemed to be
going great! Every time she turned around things seemed to be falling right into
place. It was a full life mind you, meaning her schedule didn’t leave much
wiggle room but all-in-all it was good. You see, at the time, she was a single
mom of two young children. She enjoyed her 9-5 job, was a fulltime student and
had recently accepted a position as the children’s pastor for a struggling baby
church (who had been in existence for probably less than 5 years). But she could
see the light at the end of this tunnel for it was her final semester and the
culminating project was the last mountain she had to climb. So, like I said, her
schedule was a full one but she was loving the place that she was at in life.
The trickiest part for her lately was sufficiently juggling it all, especially
with that final project right around the corner. I remember her praying one day,
asking God if He could help her find the time she needed to get this final
project done. Well, she had a vacation planned for her family and upon returning
two things happened. First, the office manager at her 9-5 presented her with an
ultimatum. While she was away, the decision had been made to change things up in
the office and the new position being offered to her would require her to be
away from her children 5 nights a week instead of her current schedule where she
was away only 2 of the nights. Immediately knowing that this wasn’t even a
possibility for her family, the young lady (out of options), resigned. She
returned home and that evening she received a call from the senior pastor of
that struggling baby church. After lots of praying, him and his wife had decided
that they were resigning…they had felt like they had done all that they could
and they were tired…the church was closing its doors. The young lady turned her
attention to God and said, “this isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I was
asking you for time to finish my final school project.”
Ever been there?
I promise I’ll get back to this story a little bit later but what I really want
to know is, have YOU been there?
here's the rest of the story: http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/jesus-authority-is-sufficient-ellie-wakeman-sermon-on-faith-151934.asp
had occurred some years back that I wanted to share. This young
lady, in her mid 30s was at a time in her life when everything seemed to be
going great! Every time she turned around things seemed to be falling right into
place. It was a full life mind you, meaning her schedule didn’t leave much
wiggle room but all-in-all it was good. You see, at the time, she was a single
mom of two young children. She enjoyed her 9-5 job, was a fulltime student and
had recently accepted a position as the children’s pastor for a struggling baby
church (who had been in existence for probably less than 5 years). But she could
see the light at the end of this tunnel for it was her final semester and the
culminating project was the last mountain she had to climb. So, like I said, her
schedule was a full one but she was loving the place that she was at in life.
The trickiest part for her lately was sufficiently juggling it all, especially
with that final project right around the corner. I remember her praying one day,
asking God if He could help her find the time she needed to get this final
project done. Well, she had a vacation planned for her family and upon returning
two things happened. First, the office manager at her 9-5 presented her with an
ultimatum. While she was away, the decision had been made to change things up in
the office and the new position being offered to her would require her to be
away from her children 5 nights a week instead of her current schedule where she
was away only 2 of the nights. Immediately knowing that this wasn’t even a
possibility for her family, the young lady (out of options), resigned. She
returned home and that evening she received a call from the senior pastor of
that struggling baby church. After lots of praying, him and his wife had decided
that they were resigning…they had felt like they had done all that they could
and they were tired…the church was closing its doors. The young lady turned her
attention to God and said, “this isn’t exactly what I had in mind when I was
asking you for time to finish my final school project.”
Ever been there?
I promise I’ll get back to this story a little bit later but what I really want
to know is, have YOU been there?
here's the rest of the story: http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/jesus-authority-is-sufficient-ellie-wakeman-sermon-on-faith-151934.asp
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