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August 29, 2006
The Great Gray Area
Ah, fall -- the time when ministry teams re-congeal and divide up into life groups. In the midst of all the shuffle, I'm still trying to find my place.
Though it seems like just yesterday when I was living in the dorms and sleeping through classes, I'm amazed at how much my life has changed now that I'm out of college and in the working world. I relate less and less to students each day. But yet I'm still living the single life. No kids, not married -- heck not even "in a relationship," as the kids say nowadays. And that makes relating to those with families pretty difficult as well.
So where does that put me? I'm thinking somewhere in the middle of the great divide.
Posted by Megan at August 29, 2006 06:47 PM
Comments
Have you heard about the Counter-culture team? (Tony and Kirsten Hill lead it, I think). If you want to reach out to young working singles, I kinda think that's their focus! Or, there are plenty of people who do dorm ministry and are old. You know who we are :) I guess you just get to really seek God on it--I think it's exciting. God knows where you're at and has a plan for you. Good grace to you as you seek Him on this! We love you--speaking of people that love you, a lot of these gray areas are great things to bounce off other people. You don't have to decide alone.
Posted by: Jackie at August 29, 2006 11:01 PM
You aren't alone even though sometimes it may feel that way! It is also not the only place you can feel that way - it can also happen "in a relationship". Every stage of life has its own unique set of challenges.
Being a working single can definitely be challenging. It is a great place to really get to know & be confident in who God made you to be and to grow more intimately in your relationship with Him. I highly recommend taking the time to do it.
I've lived "in the middle of the great divide" for half my life and you can get quite comfortable there, believe it or not. Singleness gives great freedom and great responsiblity.
When I start looking too far down the road & find myself wondering what God is going to do with my life, I can get very bunchy about it. I try to remind myself that God has asked me to live my life one day at a time and to trust Him moment by moment and I CAN do that when I choose to believe Him.
Matthew 6:34
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
Posted by: wendy sue at August 30, 2006 10:30 AM