It's Official!...

I guess since the offer has officially been extended and accepted, I can now inform you all that I am leaving the City of Sevierville. I have been given the opportunity to work full-time at my church. I have prayed for almost a year and a half for the opportunity to walk into full-time ministry, and in God’s timing, March 14, 2010 will be my first day. No words can explain to you how excited I am to be walking the path God has paved for me. Some have questioned my certainty in this transition, many have congratulated me, and several are so excited, you’d think they were making the move. :) I want to put all your minds at ease that I know what I’m doing. God called me, August of 2008, to full-time ministry and I’ve been patiently waiting on the doors to open ever since. Anyone who walks with me knows that this is the desire of my heart. It may be not be a wise decision by earthly standards, but I know, without a doubt, that this is the right decision for me. I walk into this knowing that ministry is not all rosy and perfect. I know that hard days are ahead, but I also know that I am not doing it alone. Every day, I wake up and the first words out of my mouth are “God, this is your day. Do with it what you will. Use me anyway you can.” That prayer will not change. I will need His guidance and His strength more now, than ever before. I covet your prayers as I walk this new road. I leave you, today, with this verse: Philippians 1:20 ~ For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die.

May you be blessed and encouraged today! God still uses broken people!