This! Many of you have herd my story, so you will know how deeply this article resonates with me. Since Alex and I have been raising support I have lost count of the times I have herd things like "I could never do that" or "what you are doing is so important." Now don't get me wrong, I can all but feel the goodwill that is behind the voice of the speaker in these conversations, and in many ways the comments do not go unappreciated. However there is also a lot of pressure that comes with them as well. For much of my childhood I (like this author) believed that obedience in this area meant that someone 'had it all together' or that anyone not in vocational ministry was somehow skirting their responsibilities. Wrong! For His glory and our blessing obedience is the call of every believer, regardless of what that looks like. And above all, we are all sinners in desperate need of a savior. Period. That's enough out of me. I just wanted you to read the article...but then I sort of got on a roll. Anyway, I'll leave you with a couple of quotes to entice you. Read it, it is great! P.S. If you would like examples of how we just don't 'measure up' I would be happy to make you an alphabetized list ; ) "If I wanted to sort-of serve God, I could become a pastor, but if I really wanted to serve God, I’d become a missionary. And if I didn’t care about serving God at all, I could become a lawyer (which I did, by the way, but that’s a story for another time)." "We are ALL called down the street, it’s just that some of us have to travel a bit to find our street."
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