I pressed pause this past month.
April began with a short trip to Hermanus, South Africa (http://www.hermanus.co.za/) where my car overheated, had to be towed and repaired, and I was so exhausted from ministry I slept 50% of the day. The hours I was awake, I managed to read a little and walk the beach, but I was really coming off of some hard days in life and ministry, therefore, I was spent. That little retreat didn't proved to be such a relaxing time as I'd planned, but I learned a lot about myself and the situation of exhaustion I was really in.
The rest of April, I requested from our staff and my Guidance Team to press pause for awhile so that I could re-evaluate, re-look, re-seek the Lord. I'd arranged with my team members to take the load while I was gone, and I set out to ponder. And that I did - I posed questions to myself and to the Lord, I cried through lots of painful thoughts about ministry/Capricorn/church-planting, and I asked the Lord for help. I intentionally met with people here in South Africa and in America (via email) that could guide and pray with me ... to see what the Lord would advise and affirm. I met with missionaries, ministry leaders, women of the faith. Those chats all proved greatly fruitful and similarly themed. April was a month of discovery, going deeper and revealing new focus.
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The coming days and blog posts will be revelations from my Pause. I will share some scriptures and themes I'm learning. I will pose some questions and try to give insight into what I feel the Lord is leading me to focus on in the coming months in Capricorn.
These are exciting days. The Kingdom is near. The fields are ready for harvest. His people have a job to do. I'm ready for my part. Are you?
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