After a six-month hiatus from blogging, I have a blog I should nor keep inside.
Yesterday, Cindy Gackemheimer preached one of the hardest sermons I have ever listened to: "What is Your Name?" You know it has been a tough sermon when you leave with a list of questions:
Are you living your name?
Are you living your spiritual name?
Do you understand your call?
How does your calling change your life?
What element are you? Earth, wind, water or fire?
What is Jesus saying right now?
That is it. All of my notes are right there. However, here is my reflection. My name, Megan, means eccentric pearl of wisdom. Well, eccentric I have down, but am I a voice of wisdom? Do I act wisely?
I was given my spiritual name a decade ago... Freedom Fighter. Am I living up to that? Have I so embodied that name that I am fighting for Truth and for freedom for all?
I am called to be a minister of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Do I fully understand that? No- a resounding, no. I know that I am called to speak Truth into the lives of people in vocational ministry and in every day life. My calling has changed how I approach life...
I would love to be earth- steady, solid, rooted and practical. It would be great to be water- sensitive and fluid. Even being wind would be nice- smart and process oriented. But no, I am fire- willful, passionate and intense. I can be impulsive. I can burn and I can gently warm. At times I am mere coals and other times I am raging flames....
What is Jesus saying right now? "I am calling you deeper. As Isaiah was cleansed by the coal, you will speak words, my words, that bring people to my cleansing power. Not everyone likes the fire, but you mustn't let it die out to please those who will never follow me. Follow my leading and you will burn where you are supposed to."
Intense! Please join me in praying for God to continue to work in and through me.
