Walking Shoes

As I reflect about the mission before me, I have to think about being equipped.

Before you do anything, you have to be prepared, taught or have the right tools to begin the task at hand.

In my case, there are many tools I use, and many tools that need to be constantly sharpened. When people ask how my new endeavor is going, I have recently responded to that question with a few different words. Good. Hard. Inconsistent, yet relationships are forming… or, sweet, I cannot believe my job is to build relationships with teenagers. Lately, I have come to acknowledge that I have a unique gifting God gave me, to be able to work with teens, befriend them, find patience to text everyone of them, and ultimately share Jesus with them.

That alone, knowing and believing in the unique gifting is a great feeling. I have searched hi and low at times to know what I should do with my gifts.

And in this journey, finding a groove will take an immense amount of trial and error. This is not the most ideal in my way of processing, because I like structure, I like consistency, and a routine. Much of my days, change which is really cool, but when there is no routine in any of it, that become a challenge. At this point, at least I can understand that with those challenges, I will figure out what works. I will solve some mysteries, and things will pan out, eventually.

For now, I will just let this song resonate with my mood, with my current state, and remember that I need patience, tools, prayer, Jesus and walking shoes.