My Call(was Feminine Mystique)

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This has been an interesting thread!  One which is probably ruffling a few
"feathers"!

My response is one not quite at dynamic as Sis. Yohnk's, but rather I have
a few scriptures that I feel apply to me and my husband.

Acts 18:26	And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila
and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly.(KJV)

Rom 16:3	Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
4	Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give
thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.(KJV)

Notice it says THEY???

I knew (in the Holy Ghost) when I met my husband, that God had already
called me to do more than sit on a pew.  When I met Jerry, we had many
discussions on how we felt the Lord was calling us do work for him.  After
all, in Mark:

Mark 16:15	And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.(KJV)

OK, so not everyone is called to pastor.  I agree with that.  But, we all
have a call from God and need to seek Him for what He wants us to do.

I had my first "preaching" opportunity this past Saturday at a denominal
church.  It went well, the district youth president of that organization
picked up on my message for the altar call and the host pastor (a woman)
came up to us and said that it was just what was needed!  She also told my
husband to "watch out for me". (whatever that means!)

I know without a doubt, that when Jerry received a call from God to come to
Delaware, and I asked God to call me too, that God honored that request.  I
didn't want to be the wife just hanging around for the ride.  I wanted to
be an active part in my husband's ministry, but also felt that God had
something special for me to do, not just be "the pastor's wife".

I know he has give me a "pastor's heart" for caring for the people we have
attending our services, and even for those we come in contact with that may
eventually be a part of the church.  It is not that I don't care about
people, but I confess (it is good for the soul!) that sometimes my flesh
can be selfish and not be caring.  God has begun a good work and me and He
is being faithful in completing that good work!

All the training we had under our pastor in Maryland was great.  We had the
time of our lives ministering to people and teaching Bible studies there.
Collectively, Jerry and I were teaching more Bible studies that any one
person or couple during our time there.  BUT when He called us to Delaware,
a whole new field was needing cultivation.  A new adventure lay ahead of us.

I will be perfectly honest, we are experiencing things here that we were
never prepared for.  If we had been prepared in advance, the the Lord would
not get the glory for what happens.  The Lord is opening some of the most
unusual doors to reaching people.  I am reminded that we are a "peculiar
people" so I guess that's why the unique experiences!  

I have been around women who are called to preach.  Sis Alice Wright from
Annapolis, Maryland, and Sis Janet Trout of Dover, Delaware/North East,
Maryland.  These women do not usurp authority over their husbands. I have
seen them work with their husbands and yet develop their own ministy in God.
 
I am not putting myself up with them.  I do not have the experience that
they do.  BUT, I am a child of the King, too, and He is no respector of
persons.  He gives all of us gifts (talents):

Heb 2:4	God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and
with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own
will?(KJV)

I just desire to be as the Apostle Paul:
1 Cor 9:22...... I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means
save some.(KJV)



In HIS Service,
Sis Wendy Horn
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