A Call to Service

Growing up going to church is something that I am very thankful for, however while I was growing up, sometime in elementary school, I thought that working in the church would be the most boring thing ever. As I started getting involved in the student ministry at Kingsland I developed a love for God and came to realize what my relationship with Him truly meant. After growing a lot in my faith freshman year of high school in Life Groups, I started to feel called into ministry. For a while I wasn't really sure if I was cut out for this type of thing, seeing that I wasn't a very good public speaker and not really knowing how to study the Bible that well not to mention prepare a sermon. For a couple of years I had been praying for God to give me some kind of sign or speak to me loud and clear so that I would KNOW that I was for sure called into ministry. The summer after my senior year I was given the great opportunity to go on the 7th and 8th grade mission trip to Groves, TX as a leader. At first I was pretty bummed about missing my very last mission trip with the senior class, but after realizing what a great opportunity the trip to Groves could be, I was more than excited to go. A couple of days into the trip, I believe it was thursday, God led me to 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 where Paul is talking about how he came to the Corinthians without great wisdom or clever words or good speech, so that they might trust and believe in God's message, not his. At this point I KNEW that God was for sure calling me into ministry and I felt as though He was speaking loud and clear telling me that I can't do anything or am good at anything on my own but He will give me strength so that those who I am sent to will not believe because of what I can do or how well I can talk, but that they will believe because of what God is saying to them through me. Ever since this call to ministry I feel as though I am called to the specific ministry of students. I am currently being trained in this area as an intern at Bethel Student Ministry where I love serving the Lord and I love those who I work with as well as truly loving and caring for all the students in the youth group. I am excited for what God has in store for my life even though I don't always know what's around the corner. I know He is leading my footsteps and Him being in control is one of the most comforting things I will ever experience.