BT
19th April 2005, 12:21 PM
I have been asked to candidate in a church in Edmonton. Which is great news.
Edmonton is almost exactly on the other side of the country from me. Which means that we would pick up everything and leave everything we know and everyone who is so important to us (not the least of all our church family) and pursue God's will.
At one point in my life I answered the call with a, "Yes Lord!" and said that I was willing to do anything and go anywhere that He wanted. I just didn't expect it to be so far :sorry: .
I didn't really struggle with the decision because when they asked me they said, "Are you willing to go to Edmonton?" Ack!!! If only they'd said, "Do you want to go to Edmonton?" Ha!
I was driving in my car, home from work one day last week and I was thinking... man, what a sacrifice. Then a still small voice said to me, "Yeah the cross was a sacrifice too, so what are you willing to sacrifice?" Ack! (I hate when that happens). So I said, "Anything you want."
So now the process has begun and we'll find out in a few weeks whether or not I'll be flying out to Edmonton to preach and be interviewed by the board and the church. So please pray for us that God's will be done, regardless of what makes us comfortable.
Edmonton is almost exactly on the other side of the country from me. Which means that we would pick up everything and leave everything we know and everyone who is so important to us (not the least of all our church family) and pursue God's will.
At one point in my life I answered the call with a, "Yes Lord!" and said that I was willing to do anything and go anywhere that He wanted. I just didn't expect it to be so far :sorry: .
I didn't really struggle with the decision because when they asked me they said, "Are you willing to go to Edmonton?" Ack!!! If only they'd said, "Do you want to go to Edmonton?" Ha!
I was driving in my car, home from work one day last week and I was thinking... man, what a sacrifice. Then a still small voice said to me, "Yeah the cross was a sacrifice too, so what are you willing to sacrifice?" Ack! (I hate when that happens). So I said, "Anything you want."
So now the process has begun and we'll find out in a few weeks whether or not I'll be flying out to Edmonton to preach and be interviewed by the board and the church. So please pray for us that God's will be done, regardless of what makes us comfortable.