The scripture this morning is a very near and dear scripture to me. Being 14 when I received my call into the ministry was in many ways tough. I heard and still hear today how young I am. It was ingrained in me in some way that because I was young that I did not know enough. That I just couldn’t do the things that other more mature people could do. My home church supported the things I wanted to do with the youth, but the adults did their own things. I became the youth representative on each board, but did not have a vote or a voice. It seemed that my youth kept me from advancing in my calling.
In college I suffered with taking initiative because as others had continued to tell me, I was only a child. I was too young. Seminary led me deeper into this feeling of inadequacy because 90 percent of the students were second career and much older than this 21 year old. I happened to be the youngest student enrolled in seminary, which many people picked up on and told me about. And even here this past year I was told that flannel shirts were older than me.
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