“Oh…. now I get it… Thanks, God!” I have taken a few…okay, several weeks off from my blogging in order to get our family situated in our new home in Colorado Springs. At the moment, we are as situated as we can get.
After following God’s call, picking up our lives, and moving to Colorado (without a job, friends or family), I believe that I now see the bigger picture of God’s plan… at least for now. I have recently taken a job as the Director of Children’s Ministries for Sunrise United Methodist Church – right here in “The Springs.” It is a growing church , and one that Valerie and I found right away after moving here. We had been convinced that we’d be looking for a church for a while, but after one visit – we we’re hooked.
About a month ago, I found myself scheduled to go on my third and final interview to join a firm and sell life insurance. The prospect of selling life insurance did not really appeal to me… at all… but at that point I had sent out several dozen resumes and even met with an employment agency – all-resulting in NOTHING! So… if selling life insurance was an option that would feed my family, I was not about to pass it up.
The morning of my scheduled final interview, our senior pastor took me out for coffee. He had heard that had done some church consulting work and wanted to get to know me a bit more. When I told him that I was getting ready to sell life insurance, he seemed a bit taken back… he just shook his head. He then mentioned that the church was looking for a new Director of Children’s Ministry. He felt that although I did not have a great deal of experience in this area (with the exception of my own 3yr. old son) I might be a good fit because the position was more administrative, nurturing and building, as opposed to hands-on.
I left that coffee meeting feeling oddly excited about the possibility of this new role with the church. After some prayer and conversation with Valerie, I knew that this was the direction God was leading me. It just felt right. Now that I am in the position, I am anxious to see where God is leading. I still enjoy my work with Missional Marketing, and doing shOutreach events… I am sure one day all of this will lead somewhere else. As they say… only God knows.
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