LEAP OF FAITH
Nine years ago today I jumped off a bridge - metaphorically speaking, that is.
Sunday September 20th, 1998 I walked away from a comfortable position pastoring an established church to move out and plant a new congregation, with no backing, no money, no people and no guarantee of success.
As an immigrant green card holder, if this did not fly I was totally stuck (screwed in the vernacular). I don't know how to do anything else and have no qualification for a different vocation. Pastoring is what I have done from the time I left college and if my plans for a new church fell flat, I was going to hit the ground with them - as were my wife and family of course.
Notwithstanding, I took the leap because I felt God wanted me to.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Bottom line - nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you want to play safe, stay home.
But if you want to walk on water you have to get out of the boat.
Sunday September 20th, 1998 I walked away from a comfortable position pastoring an established church to move out and plant a new congregation, with no backing, no money, no people and no guarantee of success.
As an immigrant green card holder, if this did not fly I was totally stuck (screwed in the vernacular). I don't know how to do anything else and have no qualification for a different vocation. Pastoring is what I have done from the time I left college and if my plans for a new church fell flat, I was going to hit the ground with them - as were my wife and family of course.
Notwithstanding, I took the leap because I felt God wanted me to.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Bottom line - nothing ventured, nothing gained.
If you want to play safe, stay home.
But if you want to walk on water you have to get out of the boat.
posted by Roger Blackmore | 7:43 PM
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