A Greater Calling.

When people you love and respect turn out to not be the people you think they are, what do you do?


I had a professor at Lee who always told us not to put too much faith in our mentors, because if they fall, we have a big chance of falling with them.

My mentor has fallen.

But I won't fall.


Of course with these revelations coming to light, I've questioned myself. But in the end, not only do I have faith in my own abilities, but above all I have faith in the God that put me on this path. I have faith that I wouldn't be here right now if it weren't His will. It wasn't my mentor who put me here, it wasn't me who put myself here. It wasn't even my plan to be in ministry. It was, however, in God's plan for me. Therefore, all of my faith is in Him.

I'm not doing this for recognition, or glory, or for self-importance. I do what I do because I was called to do it. Because it's something greater than me. Its the chance to give a gift to a child that will not only change his or her life, but save that life in the end. To help a child know Christ...there is no greater calling for me.

I pray for my mentor, a person who despite his flaws, has taught me a lot about ministry and given me so much of the experience and confidence I have today. I pray that the spark re-ignites for him. That the fog that clouds his path lifts, so that he can see once again that what he is doing is so much more than just a paycheck.