One of the hardest aspects of ministry is being ready at all times for God to do something BIG! This is easier said than done. Most of us all love being on a routine and planning out the future in our minds. Well, in ministry we must depend on God for our future plans and that means NOT knowing what He has in store.

This came true for my family just in the last twelve weeks. We were at a friends house visiting their new born baby when Josh took a cell phone call. We got in the car to leave and my husband tells me that a pastor search committee chairman had just called and asked many questions. We became nervous but we also know that several times his resume was sent to a church without a pastor and we prayed for God not to even let them call us if He was not in it. Sure enough, neither church ever even picked up the phone. This was a start to a major prayer in our life. “Lord, please do not let them call us back if You are not in this. We are happy where we are and we will only move if You want us to!” We prayed this prayer many times a day and every other day the phone would ring from the committee.

One thing led to another and the first Sunday in December we were sitting in the balcony at Cornerstone observing the service. We went to another church in the area that evening and Josh preached a message to that congregation and the committee. We headed home on Monday and prayed again that God would shut the door if He was not in this.  We kept waiting for something to go wrong and for God to shut the door.
The next day we received a call requesting Josh to preach before the congregation at Cornerstone and they would vote in TWO weeks. We knew by this time that God had not shut any doors and we even had NO reservations about moving to Tennessee.

Now, just a few weeks later we are getting ready to move to Tennessee. The hardest part is leaving the close friendships we have here. I know that we have many lifelong friends here. Our entire church has given us so much love and encouragement that we have been overwhelmed. Everyone has been so positive and uplifting and we know that God is blessing our obedience.

We leave in just a few days for a ministry that God has called us to. We cannot wait to get started and see what God is going to do!