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Jun 20, 2005
hmmm I'm in a writing mood tonight. But, I can't think of anything to write about. Such is the dichotomy of my life. Oh yeah, if you see me, punch me. If I ask why, tell me it's because I'm an idiot. You won't understand, but I'll know what you mean. Trust me, its for my own good. Shannon Wentz did an awesome job yesterday morning. Sometimes, when hanging out with UC students, I feel like the dumb one. I have a great comment to go with that last one, but I will refrain. Work was dumb today. This morning, setting up a conference room, first I spilled a bunch of ice, and then a few minutes later I spilled coffee. Then runs were a total mess. With any luck, I won't get fired (over the runs, not the spills). Some people have a spiritual gift of prayer. I had a prayer meeting with three of them today. It's an amazing thing to witness. Trying to measure success in ministry is such a weird thing. I remember a few years back when I was at a conference in Gatlinburg. Some bible college professor was speaking, and something about his Saturday night message was just off. It was one of those things where he was trying to explain something fairly abstract and it just wasn't happening. There were over 900 of us just totally lost the whole time. The next morning, he told us about a woman that came up to him afterwards in tears, and told him that that message was exactly what she needed to hear that night. He said as he thought about it, it reminded him about the story of the lost sheep, where the shepherd left the flock to go find that one sheep. That night, God had totally ditched over 900 of us just to speak to that one woman. That is one expirence that has really stuck with me since. I try to think of ministry in those terms, but it can be really difficult. Especially lately, I've felt off of my game. I don't know why. I have lots of theories, and I think all of them factor in somehow. Yet through all of my precieved mistakes, someone usually comments on some way they connected with it. For some reason, though, lately that doesn't really change my attitue any. Which is bad, because I should be rejoicing. But, in American churches, we always want to find something that reaches the masses. Anyway, I don't have a point here, just an observation. posted
by Unknown @ 11:25:00 PM |
