God, please help me decide ... Use me, either way!!
Maggie4Chr1st: pray for me
Maggie4Chr1st: max asked me if i would be interested in being a minister one day, or being a leader @ the wesley
Maggie4Chr1st: he said that i am growing so fast, & that he is proud of me
Maggie4Chr1st: & that he just doesn't ask anyone, that he sees the gifts & qualities in me to be a spiritual leader
Maggie4Chr1st: & i told him "don't be proud of me, be proud of what God has done in me!" b/c .... it's been by GOD'S GRACE ALONE that i've been able to make it through!
JG: so he wants you to be in his leadership class?
Maggie4Chr1st: yes
Maggie4Chr1st: & not only that, he thinks that i need to consider being a woman minister someday
Maggie4Chr1st: & if i am in his leadership class, then i can't have a small group next yr in xa
Maggie4Chr1st: ya know? b/c it'll be too stressful
Maggie4Chr1st: so it's like God has opened 2 doors for me, & i have to like decide which one to walk through
JG: i don't think it'd be too much
JG: but maybe you would want to focus on just one
Maggie4Chr1st: & i def. think that this is occurring b/c ... God wants to use me, b/c i want to be used ... b/c i've opened myself up to Him
Maggie4Chr1st: yeah that is what i am saying! so yeah .... i have to decide which to focus on
Maggie4Chr1st: & Lori (Max's wife .. i am saying this b/c this is gonna go on my xanga & many won't know who lori is) told me that she knows that i think that the methodist church is "boring" (which I DO) but, that .... if i think that, maybe i can go in & change it
Maggie4Chr1st: & that like a LOT of methodist churches are becoming more modern now
Maggie4Chr1st: which is true
JG: that's pretty cool
Maggie4Chr1st: so just be praying for me, please?
JG: well i've been through max's class and now i'm in LTC and i think that they're both really good classes and they teach really important things
JG: of course
Maggie4Chr1st: hm
Maggie4Chr1st: yeah but .... the only consideration i can take is God's
Maggie4Chr1st: ya know
JG: yeah
Maggie4Chr1st: it's not about me or what others want, but instead it's about what God wants, & how He can use me best
JG: very true
JG: but don't forget all of the different ways God speaks to you
Maggie4Chr1st: yes
Maggie4Chr1st: & i am gonna be praying
Maggie4Chr1st: & listening to God
Maggie4Chr1st: the only thing that matters is what He thinks
Maggie4Chr1st: obviously! He opened this door for me!
Maggie4Chr1st: max asked me if i would be interested in being a minister one day, or being a leader @ the wesley
Maggie4Chr1st: he said that i am growing so fast, & that he is proud of me
Maggie4Chr1st: & that he just doesn't ask anyone, that he sees the gifts & qualities in me to be a spiritual leader
Maggie4Chr1st: & i told him "don't be proud of me, be proud of what God has done in me!" b/c .... it's been by GOD'S GRACE ALONE that i've been able to make it through!
JG: so he wants you to be in his leadership class?
Maggie4Chr1st: yes
Maggie4Chr1st: & not only that, he thinks that i need to consider being a woman minister someday
Maggie4Chr1st: & if i am in his leadership class, then i can't have a small group next yr in xa
Maggie4Chr1st: ya know? b/c it'll be too stressful
Maggie4Chr1st: so it's like God has opened 2 doors for me, & i have to like decide which one to walk through
JG: i don't think it'd be too much
JG: but maybe you would want to focus on just one
Maggie4Chr1st: & i def. think that this is occurring b/c ... God wants to use me, b/c i want to be used ... b/c i've opened myself up to Him
Maggie4Chr1st: yeah that is what i am saying! so yeah .... i have to decide which to focus on
Maggie4Chr1st: & Lori (Max's wife .. i am saying this b/c this is gonna go on my xanga & many won't know who lori is) told me that she knows that i think that the methodist church is "boring" (which I DO) but, that .... if i think that, maybe i can go in & change it
Maggie4Chr1st: & that like a LOT of methodist churches are becoming more modern now
Maggie4Chr1st: which is true
JG: that's pretty cool
Maggie4Chr1st: so just be praying for me, please?
JG: well i've been through max's class and now i'm in LTC and i think that they're both really good classes and they teach really important things
JG: of course
Maggie4Chr1st: hm
Maggie4Chr1st: yeah but .... the only consideration i can take is God's
Maggie4Chr1st: ya know
JG: yeah
Maggie4Chr1st: it's not about me or what others want, but instead it's about what God wants, & how He can use me best
JG: very true
JG: but don't forget all of the different ways God speaks to you
Maggie4Chr1st: yes
Maggie4Chr1st: & i am gonna be praying
Maggie4Chr1st: & listening to God
Maggie4Chr1st: the only thing that matters is what He thinks
Maggie4Chr1st: obviously! He opened this door for me!