Conversing with the Stars

I am the most inconsistent blogger ever. I really do mean to blog more. Life just gets in the way nine out of ten times. This is a tenth time. Time to play catch up.

This past weekend was a really great weekend, Two of my best friends got married and it was great being able to celebrate with them also dancing was fun too. Even though I can't dance I always go all out at weddings, I have no idea why, but I just love to bring it (in a very bad dancer sort of way). This wedding was no exception to the rule, I was able to bust out my classic moves and have a great time.

Another great part of this weekend, was the fact that I got ordained!! I am now an official ordained minister and now I can legally marry and bury people in the promise land. AKA California. What stuck out to me about the ordination ceremony was the fact that my dad got to lead the teaching time, and it was great to have my father and the rest of the elders pray over me. Even though ordination is basically a man- made tradition it is important that you recognize those that God has set apart for ministry. I am nothing special, but I know that God has a call on my life to do full time ministry. This is just another step in the process, God has proven Himself to be so faithful to me, when He first called me to ministry, I really did not want anything to do with it, because the very thought of having to stand and speak in front of people made me want to pee my pants. God has a good sense of humor and repeated Himself over and over again to me during prayer that pursuing full time ministry is what He wanted me to do, so I decided I could either fight Him on it, which would have been stupid, or face my fear. As evidenced by my ordination I decided to face my fear, and God has given me victory over it, it's not because of anything that I did, but because I am dependent on God that I was able to overcome my fear of public speaking. He also brought Godly people along side me who gave me a lot of encouragement. I will always be eternally grateful to Professor Szuch who is so loving and kind, and made us present in our class every day and it help curb my fear of public speaking and to think it was a psychology class that got me over my fear of speaking to a crowd. Now every chance I get I praise God for and I don't mind at all. I still get nervous, but I think it keeps me healthy and always wanting to get better at speaking. I was very encouraged today, when our church secretary told me that someone had filled out our church's connection card and said they want to see me speak more. By no means do I want to make my pastor feel pressured to let me preach more. He does an amazing job, and I am happy only if I preach when He goes on vacations. He needs his vacations, he is a very hard working man, who loves God with all of his heart. It is a huge blessing being able to serve alongside him in the ministry and to hear the vision that God has placed on his heart for our church. God has really used him to help grow our church and to reach many new converts for the Lord it is an amazing time to be apart of Cornerstone Church.

Now the only way my life could better is by finding a great Christian girlfriend:)