McKinnon Update

Yesterday the McKinnon church voted on calling a full-time minister to their pulpit. I wish I could say that there was a satisfying outcome. Unfortunately nothing has been decided due to no single name receiving 70% of the votes. We go back to praying that some decision will be made. We also begin to pack. We are searching for a house now but do not know when we will find one that works. It is best that we are packed and ready to go.

Something will be decided on eventually.

With or without a full-time pastor we have decided to continue on,  with the Lord. Perhaps having a full-time minister is a comfort we are not meant to have right now? After all there are many groups of Christians lacking proper church buildings and full-time ministers. Over the past few weeks a sense of urgency has been growing within us. There are things to be done. People that we would like to spend more time with but can't due to being so far away. Ultimately, we have connections with people who are hurting and lost, who need to hear about Jesus Christ. We are humbling praying that God might use us for his purposes when we move up there.

So yes,  we are still feeling a bit frustrated, confused, and weary (weary of comforts getting in the way).  Time to go read a few Psalms.

Psalms 121: 1-2
I lift my eyes to the hills, where does my help come from?
My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 127: 1-2
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Psalm 131
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.