Discipleship is one of those big churchy words that doesn't have much anchor in today's world. For me, it means following Christ. It means the disciples that left their fishing boats and fathers behind to follow Christ. No belongings. No internship. No contract with benefits.
Today, I am about 2,000 miles from the birth of a friend's second baby. I was there for the first.
Today, I am coordinating vigil for someone who is dying in the nursing home I work for.
Today, my heart is not here.
This is not how I saw ministry going. Away from a birth, preparing for a death. Exhausted to the bone and still without a finished sermon for Sunday. Wondering how I can spend the rest of my life doing this and wondering how I can spend the rest of my life doing anything else. But this is where God has called me. So I'm here. But today, my heart will be in TN, celebrating the birth of a new child of God. A new little soul to love and cherish. A new little soul to miss with all my heart.
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Friend, you are right where God wants you to be, doing what He wants you to do. Take each day as it comes, and appreciate it to it's fullest.
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