An Open Door, An Answer to Prayer.

As some of you know, I have been having the most frustrating time finding a church to attend down here at school. I don’t know if it is just because I keep comparing every church to Gateway at home and if they don’t come even close to it, I wont give it a chance…or if I feel uncomfortable because that isn’t where God wants me to be. Either way, I had been praying the entire semester for God to provide an opportunity for me to get involved with some kind of ministry because I felt like something was missing from my life now, especially after being so involved in youth group at home and involved with all of the kids there. I miss it SO much!! It was almost like I was putting my relationship with God on hold until I found something or somewhere to be apart of. Whether it was with a church, or a youth group, or even just one of the hundreds of ministries at the school, I was just praying that something would come along for me to get involved with. I was really hoping for it to be a youth group at a church somewhere but I was willing for it to be anything.

 At the end of the semester, one of my RAs took me out to dinner and she had told me that her leadership team had been watching me and they really wanted me to join the team as a prayer leader. She told me to pray about it and let her know. I didn’t realize until way after I had accepted the position weeks later that this was definitely an answer to my prayers. I had been asking God for some kind of ministry to get involved in and he opened the door for me to be apart of my hall’s leadership team.

This is way way out of my comfort zone which is a big reason why I am going this, to stretch myself. You have to put yourself out there and be willing in order for God to use you right? I am extremely nervous because I hate talking in front of people and I have never been much of a leader, but I am excited to see what God is going to do in my life through this and what he is going to do in my girls’ life through me. I also know that this will challenge me with my relationship with God and will definitely make it stronger. I can’t wait!