GROWING WHERE I AM "PLANTED"
"I thank Christ Jesus our LORD, who has strengthened me, because HE considered me faithful, putting me into service. 1 Timothy 1:12 When DL Moody came to know the LORD, he had difficulty getting to serve where he wanted to serve. Folks saw that he was an uneducated sort, and so the church really had no place for him. Many Christians find ourselves in a similar place as DL Moody at sometime during our journey. Our issues may not be related to education, but to something that others see that they simply do not like. Our weaknesses may be entirely lost to us, and we may not have a clue as to what they are. Throughout my military service and other ministry, I found this very true. So... the question is, "What is a person to do?" Actually that is the WRONG question. A better one is What is a person to be ? DL kept being what he was: A shoe salesman, but he surrendered to the LORD and grew to being a shoe salesman who was moved by the LORD to teach the Bible