In 1991 I preached my last message. Not because God was done with me, but because I started running from him in shame. I was 15 when I new that God was calling me in to the ministry and between the ages of 15 and 17 I had preached 7 different times. If you would have asked me at that time, I would have said I was going to be in full time ministry for the rest of my life......Then I allowed satan to open doors in my life and I allowed sin to come between God and me. I then spent the next 15 years of my life running in shame. But God never gave up on me...,,,,,and around the age of 31 I finally got my life straight with God again. He always watched over me and protected me during those years and He waited patiently for me, For that I will forever be thankful!!
So today.... some 20 years later, I stood before a group of people and spoke the word of God again. It was such an amazing feeling to be doing the Lord's work again. I felt like He gave me the words to deliver to the youth today and I just pray those words impacted at least one teen in that room.
Thank you God for your calling 20 years ago. Thank you for showing me the meaning of forgiveness and restoration. Thank you for using my life to show that it is never to late to come back to something that God has called you to. I want to be a vessel that You can use. I want to be Your servant. I praise Your name Jesus and I pray that this is the beginning of new journey that will last way past the next 20 years of my life.
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