Just Say Yes
14 years ago I said yes. With knees knocking, stomach churning, and heart thump thumping I said yes to God.
What did He ask, you ask?
He asked me to surrender my life to ministry.
After saying yes there were so many more questions without answers. I remember finally telling Scott about what God was doing in my life. We still chuckle about the conversation. It went something like this:
Wendy: (knelt by the recliner where Scott was sitting) Honey, I believe God is calling me into ministry. I believe He wants me to speak and teach women the Bible. (As an aside, I didn’t know much about the Bible.) I saw a vision of me speaking to a group of women about the Bible.
Scott: OK. Do you get paid? (Of course a man would ask that question. LOL)
Wendy: I don’t know.
Scott: Do you have to go to seminary?
Wendy: I don’t know.
Scott: Who is going to keep the children?
Wendy: I don’t know.
Over a decade later those questions have been answered while many others have risen to replace them. Two things are for sure. I have never regretted saying yes to God’s call on my life and I have never regretted attending She Speaks.
Has God placed a calling of leadership, writing, and/or speaking on your life? Have you said yes? Are your knees knocking, stomach churning, and heart thump thumping? Then say yes twice. Yes to God’s call on your life and yes to attend She Speaks.
Need to know more? Then follow this link: She Speaks Conference.
I’ll be there to hand you a notebook and give you hug. Over 700 women who get you will be there to support, love, and connect.
Just say yes.
Woohoo! I signed up! For several years I’ve had this urge to start a blog, and now I’ve felt a call to minister to widows and single moms since losing my husband last December. I hope She Speaks will be the training and encouragement I need. I am also excited to thank some women, you included, who have walked this journey with me…in a virtual way!
I have felt called to ministry through writing, and possibly speaking for MANY years now. However, being married to an unbelieving husband has made this almost impossible. Every step taken to try and move forward has been met with much opposition…from my husband. He does not understand it, he doesn’t have the spiritual eyes to see this call as I do. It has been an opposing factor for a very long time. Where does godly submission to my husband meet submission to God in this way? I want to say yes to God, but that means dealing with increased disconnect in my marriage. Unequally yolked marriages do exist, unfortunately, and this has always been such a gray area for me. Submission to both God and husband for the glory of God. Do you have any godly in this situation?
*godly counsel in this situation?
Loved your devo today Wendy! Also know it was God who brought me to your blog and then to this post. I just read Leah D.’s invite to SS and now your’s. I’ve been there twice – ’09 and ’12 and LOVED it. I can recall a similar conversation with my husband and have been amazed at how God’s worked, where He’s led and the doors He’s opened. Praying about a trip to NC for this summer. Blessings to you!