I must be the first to say, I am not good at making decisions nor am I great on focusing in a certain direction when it comes to life or ministry. Seriously, I have so many grand ideas, or see potential for so many things but making the right choices or staying headed in a certain direction is a bit hard for me!
However, God is showing me more and more the need to streamline in certain areas of my life. I guess He is making me realize that despite my ambition to be "Super Mom/Wife/Ministry Asst" I cannot possibly juggle it all. I think someone once said something to the affect of "It's better to do a few things well, than to fail at many things" or maybe I just made that up but either way it is the point I am at. I want to do the "few" things God has called me to do WELL and not fail at many.
So, here I am at this point of needing some direction from the Lord in making the decisions on what to "give the axe" and what to stand firm in and do well. Wham! It hits me over the head like a beam! "Do what you are passionate about!" Duh!!! Primarily this is in terms of involvement in ministry and in the church but also in some other things as well. Of course, I can't just stop being a Wife and Mom and yes I am passionate about being the best in those areas as I can. However in ministry, it's different. I see a need, I know that I CAN do it, so many times I do - but it may or may not be where my passion is. For instance, I CAN work with preschoolers and children in our church but this is not where my heart lies. I CAN organize or help with church meals but this is definitely NOT where my heart is!
Where is my passion and my heart when it comes to ministry? With women and specifically women of preschoolers and young elementary age children. I get excited about the opportunity to reach out to them and minister to them on a one on one basis and as a group. I simply have a heart to meet ladies wherever they are in their journey as mom and come along side them and help them. As a result, this school year this is where I want to focus my direction and I have made the decision to back out of as much of the children's ministry stuff as I possibly can. I was able to resign from AWANA (tough leaving those cubbies) and am working on getting off the preschool children's church rotation although we are already shorthanded so I really need to find my replacement first! I rotate in the nursery during Sunday School with our pastor's wife and hope to find someone there too. You must understand though - saying no is not easy for me but I am hopeful that through the grace and direction of the Lord I can make these tough choices so that I can be more intentional about serving the women not only in our church but also in our community!
The other area of ministry that I am passionate about is High School girls! I love them, they are awesome and I just cherish each of them so much! I am determined that this year we are going to have some high school girl only activities and we are going to grow together! Can't wait to see how the Lord uses that!!!
Today I am just thankful for clarity and direction to make the RIGHT decisions even though they are the tough ones!!
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