It's Changing Me!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
This week I was mediatating on the ministry I am involved in with incarcerated boys. It can be tiring and frustrating, because we don't always see the results we hope to see, we actually see more fail than succeed.
So I was thinking to myself, is this really what the Lord wants me to do. So I began to ask Him, "Lord, we don't see many boys changing their lives, most go back to what is familiar. Is it worth it? Is this what you want us to do or is there something else we should be doing?"
Immediately I felt Him speak to me ever so quietly and He said, "It may not change any of them, but it is changing you." I was awestruck as I reflected then on my life and Chuck's. Yes, the ministry to these boys has truly changed us.
We are more loving, more serving, more compassionate. The more I reflected, the more I could see, Christ didn't go to the cross because everyone was going to come to Him, although that was His heart's desire. But this ministry more than anything else is shaping me into being more like Christ. So I have my answer, I am where I am supposed to be and I am content.
So I was thinking to myself, is this really what the Lord wants me to do. So I began to ask Him, "Lord, we don't see many boys changing their lives, most go back to what is familiar. Is it worth it? Is this what you want us to do or is there something else we should be doing?"
Immediately I felt Him speak to me ever so quietly and He said, "It may not change any of them, but it is changing you." I was awestruck as I reflected then on my life and Chuck's. Yes, the ministry to these boys has truly changed us.
We are more loving, more serving, more compassionate. The more I reflected, the more I could see, Christ didn't go to the cross because everyone was going to come to Him, although that was His heart's desire. But this ministry more than anything else is shaping me into being more like Christ. So I have my answer, I am where I am supposed to be and I am content.
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 1:51 AM
8 Comments:
We tend to forget that with every experience we walk thru in life, it is God's way of shaping and molding us. It's not always about "the other guy".
AMEN leann...
Blessings to you Dana
What leann said! Great lesson for everyone to learn, maybe we're the person God is speaking to...through us!
Awesome post! So much of what happens in life is God shaping us into His image...wish more folks could realize it and go with it.
;o) *hugs*
Yes!
The tiny bit of "ministry" I do may or may not help someone else, but it does change me.
great!
Wonderful Post! I think often about the fact that the Lord took almost 20 years to draw my husband to Christ and I think it was because God had so much work that He had to do in ME - not my husband! And still now, I was praying today or yesterday and reflecting upon on slowly my husband moves with regards to the things of God, and I laughed to the Lord and said to Him ,"I guess You still have a lot more of me to change!" Also, it is some people's jobs to plant seeds and others to harvest. Let's just keep following Jesus where ever and how ever He leads, as you do so valiantly. He is the Master Vine-dresser. I am glad you are content. So am I. What a blessing that is, no?
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