Called

Tonight I was reading 1 corinthians when I came across chapter 1 vs 26, which reads, "Brothers, think of what you were when you were called..." I stopped, underlined it and reflected back to my first CIY in Gunnison, Colorado. I don't really remember much about that CIY except that I had really been struggling with my faith in the Lord. I wasn't sure if my faith was my own, I didn't know if God existed, I struggled with depression and self confidence. But at this CIY I felt the tug of God on my heart to go into ministry. I remembered going home and telling my mom and she said, "think about it some more, sometimes those events are really emotional" I remember being so upset! (secretly I agree with mom...) So year after year I went to CIY. God really really spoke to me and I felt the tug of full time ministry and my junior year I dedicated my life to full time ministry and eventually ended up at Ozark.

Going back to this verse, "think of what you were when you were called" When I was first called I was 14 years old. I heard the call of God at 14. Does this not sound crazy to anyone else? I still think about the fact that God has called me, just an ordinary, sarcastic, weirdo girl! He has called me, to do the work of the Kingdom. For this I am grateful. The verse continues to say, "Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." I love that last sentence. GOD CHOSE THE WEAK!!!!!! How wonderful to think that God has chosen the weak, the ordinary.

Also, I like to think of my professors and pastors that I admire and I remember that they too were weak and they grew strong in the faith.

So what am I getting at? I'm not sure really... I just keep thinking, "Kinsey, be faithful in the little things and He will guide and use you for more than you can imagine." So I encourage you this week to look at when you were called, who you were, and I ask you to be faithful in the small things.

Oh and pray. God has definitely shown me the importance of prayer this week. He always answers prayer but usually I don't notice, but I'm noticing and it's a pretty amazing thing to check off the old prayer requests and put "praise"...

I leave you with a quote from Mother Teresa, "God did not call us to be successful but to be faithful"

Peace and Love,

Kinsey