It's the story that has slowly emerged in our lives over the last 11 months.
We hope you are encouraged by it.
If you don't want to wait for 8 days….you can listen to this podcast (33 minutes) of us telling our story to our church congregation.
Part 1 - When God Interrupts
Last December I was sitting in church on a
Sunday morning singing worship songs with the congregation I love and have been pastoring
for the last 8 years. A crystal blue
thought came to mind. The thought was a
question. “Are you still called to this?”
In my mind I answered the question saying, “yes” and I put the question out of
my mind and continued singing. However,
on the way home from church I was still thinking about the question. The question irritated me. “I’m
happy doing what I do! I’m totally
content!" I thought to myself…And
yet, the question disturbed me. In fact,
the next morning I woke up with the same question on my mind –- “Are
you still called to this?” For the
next week, this clear question was at the forefront of my mind. I couldn’t escape it. It was all my mind “wanted” to think
about. It started becoming a problem for
me. I journaled about it daily. In once instance in early January I wrote, “God, please put this out of my mind. If I continue to think about this it’s going
to develop into a problem for me. I like what I do, who I do it with, and I am
totally content in the calling that you have for me at Granville Chapel.” But the question didn’t leave. In fact, the question only intensified for
the next three months. It was a time of
great paradox -- while feeling intensely committed and satisfied by our call to
Granville Chapel, internally I was deeply unsettled and insecure. “God,
what are you doing to me?” I thought.
I didn’t know the answer to the question. Neither did Heidi. She just thought I was going crazy.
Part 2 (tomorrow) – A Miraculous Event?
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