I'm transitioning...for a 2nd time this summer.
I don't like to be stagnate but this has been one of the more challenging seasons with moving homes, moving churches, moving offices. And it's really ironic actually b/c I was considering moving out-of-state, alas God was teaching me to TRUST deeper and wider...then He brought me right back to where I started a year ago. On the exact same street I use to live in, now 2 houses away!
I had two strong senses in April: I'd be transitioning and to get ready b/c it would happen fast. So, on faith I started packing believing He'd reveal in His timing, not my own. Then all of a sudden God starting aligning - opening areas I never thought of, closed doors I was considering - and confirming how important COMMUNITY is to me.
Over this last year, I've felt very split with my ministry and not being able to fully invest in people at church, my job, and the outside community. God's made it very clear to me, although a difficult decision, that I need to focus on my ministry with college students and in same small town. I have a reconfigured job in which I'm letting go of the high administration tasks so that I can focus on what I do best - connecting, mentoring, and developing students in leadership & diversity. In addition, through only what I call a God-circumstance, I am now under the Spiritual Life Office - and my new boss is the campus pastor! This is seriously a deep desire that I've had to be planted in the campus ministries dept to be a part of the spiritual formation in the university community.
I did this as a step of obedience although I wasn't able to see the whole picture and now just this week even more amazing things have been happening to repeatedly affirm how grateful I am to be merging under the umbrella of campus ministries and to be walking out my strengths in an affirming team environment. Stress isn't always bad, (less so if you count the amount of dark chocolate and ice-cream I am consuming) the changes are actually EXACTLY where I want to be in this season.
Yet, it isn't bad to admit when I feel overwhelmed. Which I am.
I don't like to tell people when I'm not doing well, it makes me feel weak. I'm finding though that in my weakness I am finding a community ready and willing to be hands and feet to me - to help me move my offices and homes. This is the beauty and difficulty of being right where He has called me.
Assignment: Day 3, find some super heros. Chances are, regardless of what your risk is, someone else has already done it. Today's task is to find 1-3 people who have accomplished what you're aiming for during these 24 days. Research them online and see what you can learn from the trail they have already blazed.
- Allison Vesterfelt writes on life, blogging/publishing and single life before she got married. I love her style of writing. It's easy to read and the layout is nice. She has been a person that has inspired me...except for that one time I saw her in a coffeeshop and was practically speechless...although I did "punch fear in the face" [thankfully not her face] and go up and talk with her, her husband, and sister.
- Jon Acuff started out blogging, wrote a book...a few now, and is hecka funny...yes, I guess I really did say that. He's the one who is doing #StartExp and keeping me motivated with his community and daily assignments for 24 days. You are my super hero Jon! The day I met you at the ACSD conference 2013 and you wrote "I love your laugh" in my book is the day we became friends.
- Paul Sohn and I met a few months ago through a leadership organization connection and it wasn't until I Facebooked him that I saw he wrote and blogged on leadership as a "Kingdom-minded world changer". If I recall correctly, he had a dream to write and so made a goal to do so.
Another goal for me would be to actually READ what they write!
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