Members Popular Post weary warrior Posted April 15, 2017 Members Popular Post Share Posted April 15, 2017 Well, the Lord still directs those that are His, and we are still required to live daily by faith, to be sensitive to His leading, and remain humble when He sets aside our own plans of how we are going to serve Him. I kind of know what Paul must of felt like when the Lord closed the door on his plans twice in a row before he finally got the Macedonian call. We will not be moving to New Mexico this summer to take over the Navajo mission there, as we had planned. Through a series of several happenings, along with direction of the heart through prayer, He has shown us that was not His will. We will be staying here in our church in Alaska, and continuing to be faithful and diligent in whatever our hands find to do. After our pastor found out we would not be leaving, I was invited by the pastor to become the principle of our Christian school next year. On the surface, it could be seen as an odd offer, as I am not the type of fellow one immediately thinks of when dreaming up a school principle. But I've been in there for several days now, getting to know the system and the students, and have had such peace and ease. I have thoroughly been enjoying myself. I will continue to teach the adult SS class in church, as well as many of the two chapel services per week for the school, so my main concern regarding not being able to preach and teach the Bible has been eased. The pastor has also expressed a strong desire to have Bible classes taught in the evening during the week once everything settles down. Again, this possibility only adds to my joy. 2016 was a very rough year for the family. I was in law enforcement in a remote native village for several months trying to make a living and eventually establish a work there. The planned eventual work was not due to any particular felt calling from God, but simply due to a seen need. The job took me there, and my salvation and subsequent call to preach dictated that where ever I live, if there is not a church, there soon will be. The family had to remain here in Kenai as I tried to get things established, and nothing was easy. Everything was like swimming through a lake of molasses. But not so sweet. I had to return to the police academy after about 7 months on the job, as all of my certifications had previously expired. While there, my overly abused 50 year old body was the tool that my loving Father used to put a stop to all of my diligent-yet-often-wasted efforts. An ambulance ride to the hospital led to major cervical spine surgery, which resulted in plates and screw binding my almost-broken neck together, which sat me down in a chair for about six months. After a life spent breaking horses, hunting grizzly, arresting drug dealers and building houses while simultaneously preaching across much of the US and in several parts of the world, it's been a huge transition. A tough transition. A God-mandated transition. I'm getting more active. I just finished 8 weeks of physical therapy, and I try to get to the gym 3-5 days a week. I have a tentative bear hunt with my sons planned for this spring and am preaching and teaching more often and more freely than I've been able to in a long time. My 4 teens that are still at home are settled in to a good church, and my wife can relax and concentrate on being a mommy to all of the babies at church. I think that I had completely forgotten that not ALL aspects of life and ministry had to resemble a tour in Vietnam. I'm learning. My daughter will deliver my first grand baby in about 4 weeks. That's a huge perspective changer. My SS class is growing and my students are asking for copies of my notes and recordings of my class. I got to preach twice this week, and had tremendous freedom. My job this week had me teaching a school child about prepositional phrases instead of fighting and handcuffing a drunk for beating his wife. I took a nap today. :) If this is what normal life looks like, I think I'm ready to take a crack at it. I could get used to this. John Young, Jim_Alaska, HappyChristian and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alan Posted April 15, 2017 Members Share Posted April 15, 2017 (edited) May the Lord richly bless you in your walk with Him. I do believe that you are being led of the Lord and that the Lord, through your pastor, has confirmed the need to be a blessing to the folks there at your church in Alaska. The responsibility of being the Principle in the church Christian school is a high responsibility. It seems to me that the pastor has his utmost trust in you. That speaks well of your walk with the Lord. Again, May the Lord richly bless you. "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye." Psalm 32:8 Alan Edited April 15, 2017 by Alan added the word school WellWithMySoul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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