A Hard Lesson in Obedience

Sunday, 05 October 2008 00:00

There are few lessons learned that are easy to swallow. Molding can be tough. When you think of clay in your hands, spinning in your hands, moving just so creates a completely different shape. Sometimes you dig too far and the clay collapses. Do you throw the clay away? Of course not, you pound it down, knead it back into a ball to start over. This happens again and again until we get it right.

Earlier this year, I was dealt a hard blow in a ministry I love dearly. I was hurt (my ego, that is) and didn't know what to do. Even though I wanted to, I knew that leaving the ministry was not the answer, so I served in a different capacity. What I really wanted was to leave the church so I didn't have to cry during service anymore, but God kept me there. With His arms around me He told me to be patient, he was molding me, shaping me into who I needed to be in order to be more effective in my ministry, and, I believe, in order to make changes in others too.

As this horrible year is beginning to a close, I am being blessed for my obedience. I am returning to the ministry that gives me so much joy, more than I ever imagined it could. What makes it even better is that I am returning to this ministry more molded, more formed into the woman God wants me to be. I have lots of scrapes and bruises for the lessons I have to learn the hard way, but I have learned them none the less.

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