Squid’s Word

I’m sure you’ve noticed I haven’t posted in a while. there are people who will blog about what they had for lunch, their favorite color, their housecleaning, new vaccuum cleaners, new soap, shaving cream, pooping babies, pooping dogs….saran wrap, etc. OH puh-lease!

I am not one of those people.

I mean, why speak (or write for that matter) if you’re not going to say something that people either need to hear, or at least will (hopefully) enhance their lives in some way.

I think I’ve had nine or ten different ideas for blogging over the last 2 months. Frankly none of them interesting. (For that matter, who says this one IS?) It’s humbling to come to the realization that your life is, in many respects, well, average.

Something else I don’t like to do: complain. there are people who use their blogs to tell you how lousy their lives are. how this has happened, how that person or group has wronged them. How they will never recover. You know the type.

Granted, some of it is legitimate. In my opinion, most of it is crap! It’s just….wah, wah,wah….blah, blah, blah.

A little thing I like to call “Tales from the crib.”

It’s a holdover from my formative years. My dad taught me the importance of not wasting time ” feeling sorry for yourself!” so I’m not going to waste my time or yours writing about what can only be described as nothing more than sitting in a corner and licking my wounds.

And I have had it nowhere near  as rough as the thousands of families in Michigan who don’t know where their next paycheck, next house payment, or next meal for that matter, is coming from. But things have been rough for us.

Having said all that, there’s something I could use from you right now. your prayers. I’m listening for the voice of God and contemplating my next move.

Things have become increasingly uncertain at WDIV. They’ve been that way in the past but even more so now. Just don’t know if I should stick it out or move on.

Please pray that I’ll hear the voice of God and not be stupid enough as to need to be hit over the head to hear it! And then actually have the courage to follow Him, wherever he leads.

I am also open to God’s leading in terms of ministry at a local church other than the one at which I am currently serving. I have had several interviews as well as several offers, none have of which have seemed to have a divine stamp of approval. At least not yet.

Things have changed where we attend now. And I would have to say all for the better! There’s a beautiful spirit beginning to blossom. We’re fighting some intense battles (show me a church that isn’t!) but God is doing some wonderful work. especially in the worship ministry.

The deacon who oversees our worship ministry is doing a great job. He’s a real bridge builder. And I have learned from him in this respect. He has this ability to navigate the difficult waters of biblical interpretation and personal feelings or baggage sometimes attached to it in a way I never could. And I have learned from that too.

So why leave you ask? Well. I don’t want to. But if we were to leave chances are good we could slip away without serious interuption to what is happening there and in my humble opinion that’s the best time to do so. I’d like to stick around, but it’s not my ministry; or my life for that matter. It all belongs to Him.

I serve and breathe at the pleasure of the King.

Sooo, please pray for us. And if you live in Michigan, I’ll pray for you as well.

Squid