What is your calling?

Recently, I was asked the question, "What do you feel is your part or call to the ministry that God has given to your husband, you and your family?" As I thought through that, the question in my mind was, "Why the ministry to the military?" Well, we have to go back to understand what the Lord was doing in our lives. In the early 90's, Mike had talked about staying in the military, but at the time, I thought, we are a young family and maybe this is not such a good idea. In passing, he would bring it up again, but after a while, nothing more was said. Years later, while attending Hillsdale’s annual mission’s conference, God began a work in my own life. When Mike asked me about ministering to the military and their families, my initial response was, you better make sure that it’s the Lord’s calling on our life and not your emotions. I knew that my calling is to support my husband and did not want to be the one to disobey God’s calling for our family to serve the military. The Lord reminded me of a prior decision that I had made to dedicate my life as well as our family to full time Christian service. The following night of the Mission’s conference, the message was on “Total Surrender” and Mike again looked over to me and I knew that I needed to surrender to God’s call on our life. In Matthew 28:19-20, Jesus gives us the Great Commission, "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Jesus, is calling all believers, those that have recognized and repented of their sins, and have put their faith and trust in Him, to share the "Good News, to all." I am thankful for God's grace and goodness in my own life and in my family! And I am thankful for the opportunity of serving Him and our men and women who defend and protect our freedom daily!

This has been a short story of my calling, now what has God called you to do and are you diligently pursuing that call?


~Mo