Tonight
I will receive a piece of paper that marks a massive change in my life.
Tonight I'll be confirmed as a district pastor - not yet ordained, but
working toward it. It's just a cheap piece of paper. And for most,
it's not a big deal at all. But for me, it is a commemoration of what
God has done in my life.
I find myself very emotional today, thinking of how far God has brought me, and how much he has changed me. I find myself recognizing that it's been all God, and the only thing I have done is said yes. When God said, Follow Me, I said yes. When He said, No . . . really. Follow Me. I said yes. When God said, I want this piece of you. And that piece. And that one too. I said yes . . . and yes . . . and yes. Not always quickly, not always easily, but I have kept saying yes and I do not regret it one bit.
Some of you, my Facebook friends, haven't known me long or maybe don't know me well. You don't know the bad, the twisted, the ugly. Some of you do know, and maybe you are as amazed as I am that God could take all that bad, and turn me around.
No one is more amazed than I am.
And so let me state emphatically today, holding nothing back - I serve a risen Savior! God is God, and there are no others. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is all things, and He is everything. He is everything to me. He has changed me, He is still changing me, and I can't wait to see what changes He will make in me.
I'm crying as I write this, because I know where I was. And I know where I am now. And I know where I'm going. And I know that tonight, when all of us who receive these licenses turn around to face the audience, there will be applause. But my applause will be for God. Because it's all about Him.
And I can do nothing but be grateful and overwhelmed. He is so good to me.
I find myself very emotional today, thinking of how far God has brought me, and how much he has changed me. I find myself recognizing that it's been all God, and the only thing I have done is said yes. When God said, Follow Me, I said yes. When He said, No . . . really. Follow Me. I said yes. When God said, I want this piece of you. And that piece. And that one too. I said yes . . . and yes . . . and yes. Not always quickly, not always easily, but I have kept saying yes and I do not regret it one bit.
Some of you, my Facebook friends, haven't known me long or maybe don't know me well. You don't know the bad, the twisted, the ugly. Some of you do know, and maybe you are as amazed as I am that God could take all that bad, and turn me around.
No one is more amazed than I am.
And so let me state emphatically today, holding nothing back - I serve a risen Savior! God is God, and there are no others. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is all things, and He is everything. He is everything to me. He has changed me, He is still changing me, and I can't wait to see what changes He will make in me.
I'm crying as I write this, because I know where I was. And I know where I am now. And I know where I'm going. And I know that tonight, when all of us who receive these licenses turn around to face the audience, there will be applause. But my applause will be for God. Because it's all about Him.
And I can do nothing but be grateful and overwhelmed. He is so good to me.
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