8:01 was awesome tonight. The worship leader has turned in his resignation and I can tell he is a lot more free in his worship now, its like a burden has been lifted off his shoulders because he took the next step God was pushing him to take. And instead of having one person preach they pulled a Bill Hybles and brought in 4 people and interviewed them. They were all four Christian Campus House alumni that have become pretty successful in their jobs as a teacher, lawyer, software designer, and doctor. They all said pretty much the same thing, if you put yourself aside and seek God's work for you to do you will have real joy, its not about the money (they had either chosen to work a lower paying job than they knew they could get or chose to live with less so they could give more away) its all about the relationships and the people God allowed them to come into contact with on a daily basis. It was really encouraging to me to see 3 guys stand up and be real about their relationship with God and show that he is real. Like the wind, I may not be able to see God, but I can see the effects of his presence.
In pondering what might be next in my life I started thinking about getting a "real job" masters degree. I mean I've had a lot of people tell me "you need something to fall back on." But if thats not what God has for me I don't want to be the one saying hey God, I don't trust you to provide a ministry job for me so I'm going to have my own back up plan just incase I need to take things into my own hands. I do feel pretty weird here (at SBU) I mean its like I'm getting graded on if I'm a good Christian or not and its kind of annoying. I've always had my secular school or job and then church activities and studies outside of that and it just doesn't feel normal to not have that other half of my life right now. Is this what the rest of my life will feel like? I guess its just one of those ministry things you have to get used to. I still have no clue whats next, maybe an education degree? maybe a move to Africa? only God knows.
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