As Mark Driscoll wrote, "Here we go again, charging hell with our squirt guns." To the naked eye we are idiots...to the human eye. There is a part of me that thinks that every ministry should seem like this...that a group of people are trying and doing things and praying for things that make others who look on shake thier heads in disbelief. Charging hell with squirt guns.
Today, our ministry sits in a deficit of $17,656. That number is more red than it has ever been. Ministry with kids has never been stronger or healthier, but financial support has never been harder to come by. Our area has more leaders reaching more kids, doing ministry in more schools in the history of East Alabama Young Life.
I'm praying about what to do next, who to talk to, and what steps to take to get us to a place where we have enough funding to pull off the minsitry that God has called us to. Not sure what to do...feel sort of out of options. Perhaps this is the exact place Jesus wants us. No option but him.
In ministry we go with the total dependence that Jesus will show up. And if he doesn’t it is hopeless. We’ve all run out onto the battle field, this level plain that has become flat in the midst of this hill country; the enemy in sight. Two huge crowds are converging. A few hundred on one side and a few thousand on the other charging towards each other. Closer we come, not much space left between us. And Lord, the only reason we agreed to charge out here is because you said you would go with us and would come in might and strength. You said all we need to do is be still and trust; to wait on you. Well, we haven’t much time left. I can see the whites of their eyes.
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