Hey Everyone! I have to admit to y'all something about me. Some of you who know me well may now what I am about to say but here goes!
I have to admit since I was 18 years old I always wanted a woman in my life to be beside me and love for who I am as a Christian, a person, and think I am the best Christian man she has ever met!! I have to admit at times I felt like I was the most eligible Christian bachelor out there!! Back in 2003 I moved to Hickory, NC and I met Sam Scaggs who was a youth/college pastor at Highland Baptist Church at the time. I always had a passion to minister to youth and children. When my family decided to join the church I went up to Pastor Sam and told him I want to serve with you in the ministry and work with the youth! I was passionate about ministry and excited when he told me yes!! I served with the youth program of this church from 2003-2008! I was an unpaid Youth assistant pastor leading a Junior High Guys group, leading on some Sunday nights and preaching to 20-50 youth, serving on Wednesday nights, and leading groups on mission trips. Very exciting times!
Here are some thoughts I started dreaming in my head about having a Christian woman in my life at the time and for most of late teens and 20's:
- Lord, I want to meet someone who is passionate about ministry at my church possibly serve beside me and we're awesome for each other and get married by the time I am 23.
- I don't get this God!! Why am I still single? I am serving you and all!! Doing great things for you! I am the most eligible bachelor at HBC!
- Comon, how can those people get married but I am still single!!
- With my personality, when I dressed snazzy (aka in a suit or wearing Express clothes) I go up to an 8 or an 8.5 on this guys rating scale of 10 we have about appearance so a woman who is between 7.5 and maybe up to 9 would want me and appreciate me for being an awesome Christian Guy!!
These thoughts were typical of me because I thought serving in the ministry and having a ministry partner (girl beside me) would complete me as a person. God told me I had growing up to do! I was putting a relationship on the level God should be in my life and that's WRONG!! I am 27 years old today and still single with having many female friends, some dates in the past, and having 1 serious girlfriend since October 26, 1984. In the last few months my attitude has changed about this subject for the better thanks to God working on my heart.
I was sitting at Olive Garden this past week with my dad eating those fantasic breadsticks and pasta and having a conversation with him about the World Race and life. He asked me about the being single thing. I responded to him and I said right now God has called me to The World Race and being in His ministry to serve for his kingdom. I responded about a situation saying"why settle for good while God wants to give me what is great down the road!" I was saying this, " I am fine being single right now!!" No attachments, God has called me to serve in his ministry to a sick and hurting world!! It's AWESOME!! My Dad looked at me and noded his head to me about the whole being okay with single as like I was starting to mature more into the man God wants me to be for Him so when I do have a woman in my life down the road I can love her as Christ loved the church.
Lately I have been testing out some ways of expanding my media for using the gifts God has given to me so I have another enjoyable short video for y'all!! Watch!!
13 days left in August!! I encourage you to join me for tossing "Change Towards Eternal Change" I am praying for 50 people to give at least $10 towards the World Race by the end of August! All of the proceeds go directly to my world race fund! I leave in 135 days!! Exciting! Just click Please Support Blake on the left hand side of the blog to donate to my fund!! I am praying for 3 people to give monthly towards my World Race by the end of August!! Thank you for your support!! World Race Route 1 January 1, 2013-November 30, 2013!!
