What am I going to do with my life? A question that everyone has probably asked. And if you haven’t, then you’re either really lucky, or need to rethink some stuff.
As for me, I consider myself lucky. I’m on a trip right now where I have seen tons of different ministry opportunities and will see many more. I am on a trip where the biggest focus is my relationship with God. This has helped me grow so much. I am not the same person that got really frustrated on new years day when he got stuck at Chicago O’Hare on his way to Virginia because Chicagoans don’t know how to spray off an airplane. God continues to speak into my life everyday.
During this last debrief, our AMAZING coaches, Bob and Sharon Floyd, encouraged us to think about our passions, and what we see for ourselves after the race. I began to think. Obviously, I love music, and conducting, and teaching. But the reality is, I can’t spread the gospel to my students in the public school system, or I’ll get fired. Apart from showing Jesus through my actions, there isn’t much I can do to teach my students about what he has done for all of us. But then I dug deeper. Why do I have these passions if I can’t use them to reach my students? Then I realized something. Within the walls of a school, there is an “unreached people group”: the staff.
I have only taught for a semester, but in that semester, I have seen teachers that the average person would look at and think, “Why are they teaching? They don’t enjoy it. They don’t have a passion.” And I’ll be honest, I thought the same thing. But the reality is, they are empty, searching for what makes them happy. There are no laws governing what teachers talk about in the teachers lounge. Maybe my ministry is just that. Reaching out to teachers who are lost, searching for fulfillment, and showing them the only way. And music and conducting is just a sweet side gig.
