So, this whole post is a tribute to my town that I call home, and my church that I love so deeply.
When asked to tell about your
experience working at Christ Community, where do I even begin (how do you
describe anything associated with CCC anyway?)? I can tell you this though:
being an intern at Christ Community means a lot to me—it’s a new way for me to
serve the church that I love and an exploratory way to look at what ministry
could be as a future calling/career path.
Like many things at CCC, my
job as an intern began unstructured and about as clear as mud. This lack of
super defined tasks and schedule was really a challenge for list-making,
two-weeks-ahead planning me. Not to mention that I went out of the country to Honduras
for a week in the middle of my first month working.
And I thought this summer was
going to be easy.
God had different plans. From
all of these challenges, God has made a new norm for me out of the storm—He’s
drawn me out onto the water into a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him.
I can’t thank Him enough for the challenges He’s helped me through.
As the weeks of working continued
on, I began to learn even more about time management, handling money and
scheduling (which I have to say, I’m still not any good at). I also had the
opportunity to learn more about Shelbyville—from being able to go into Sixth
and Main and work, talking about mission trips to a lady in the UPS store, and
going in the coolest paint store I’ve ever been in (I went in there only a few
time and already this one guy knows what I’m back for before I say anything--that’s
Shelbyville for you).
Ever since I moved here, God
has been working on my heart full-time. From having a many difficulties with
the move here, God has taken my heart and transformed it into one that loves
and sees the beauty of Shelbyville—just like what He sees. CCC has helped me
see just how much God LOVES the church, how it really is His bride, and how we
are to take care of her and grow her until He returns.
With school about to start
back, my consistent time here is starting to reach the last stretch of its
journey. I will miss going to church, hanging out with the youth, seeing you
all, driving on Main Street, and even going to the Walmart. However, I am called back to WKU for this year
to go and support another church while I’m there, lead people in prayer and
simply be a light to the other students I meet, especially the freshman. I can
already feel that God is preparing events and times and moments and places to show
His glory and move with prayer like never before on WKU’s campus.
Thank you so much CCC, for
your investment in me and my spiritual growth—you all are life-changers, it’s
as simple as that.
“Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as
loss because of Christ. MORE than that, I regard EVERYTHING as loss compared to
the surpassing value of KNOWING Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have
suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I
may GAIN Christ and be FOUND in him, not having a righteousness of my own that
comes through the law, but one that comes through faith in CHRIST, the
righteousness from God based on FAITH. I want to KNOW Christ and the POWER of
his resurrection and the SHARING of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,
if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead.”
Philippians 3:7
Philippians 3:7
