God is in control

I had a taken a little break from posting because I wasn't enjoying it anymore and I really didn't think that anyone was reading my blog. But after a few comments from people that they were still checking my blog everyday and even printing off some of my old stuff I decided to give it another try.

I've been a little frustrated lately because I feel after all we've been through to move back to Scioto county and all the ways that God has led us to be here I just thought that ministry here would be so obvious and available. We felt called to start a college ministry at Bigelow as soon as we got here but lately it has seemed nearly impossible for it to work. After other obligations have piled up and another, much larger church has developed a very similar ministry with many of the same ideas I just find myself wanting to give up. But...

The good news is that God is in control. He knows what is best for us and what He really wants us to focus on. He can make a great ministry out of seemingly impossible circumstances. And as I read the book of John this week I was reminded that Jesus didn't have a big group of people to back him up, he didn't have a band and loud music and he didn't have parties and exciting speakers...it was just him and people were drawn to that. As long as we are focused on the truth and sharing Jesus with others that is really all we are supposed to do. We shouldn't compare our ministry to the one down the street, we should just look to God as our "audience of one". What we are seeking is to make true believers not to have a big group of people who only think they might be going to heaven.