What the last post brought to mind

Last night I had the privilege to talk to my pastor last night on the phone for a while. Well, he's kind-of my pastor, but for the sake of this blog post, we'll call him my pastor. Anyway, I had the privilege of talking with him on the phone last night. For the first time in a long time, I told someone about what God wants to do with my life. The last time I told someone, er, rather, alluded to it, I was completely shot down and told that I should not want to live that life. Instead of having that completely destroy what God has called me to do, it only added fuel to the passion burning inside of me. I am sent here to do His will, not to meet the expectations of this world or appease anyone. I live for Him and Him alone.

So I told my pastor about this. He was really actually excited about it and told me about a documentary about homeless people in Mpls/St. Paul that had been made by one of the students at Concordia Academy, a school he is tied to very strongly. When I am done watching the documentary I'll pass the link on to all ya'll (or all ya few) reading this.

Later on in our conversation, the topic of money and having a job while doing ministry came up. He sees his job in much the same way I do- it's a way God blesses your ministry. I know that God has given me this four year degree so that I can supply people with things that they need physically and to show them the love of Christ through this giving.

And there's another whole aspect of this that I'm so excited for. Not yet sure how it's going to work but I know it will be a way that God will work. This is a quote from "The Irresistible Revolution" by Shane Claiborne. "A pastor who has been a longtime supporter and friend of the Simple Way (and father to one of the founders!) said, 'I used to think you all were missionaries bringing the gospel to your neighborhood, but now I see that it is in your neighborhood that you have learned the gospel, and that you are actually missionaries to the church.'"

Ah. I just want to love on people. Starting with you.