Recently I retired after 27 years of ministry.  When God called me I had never seen a female minister.  I had no idea what that looked like.  God said to me in my heart, ” You just be you, and I will take care of the rest.”  That is what I did, and that is exactly what God has done.  At my retirement gathering I was asked to say a “few words”.  How does one say a “few words” after 27 years?  What I came to realize was that it was not about any certain church, any certain building, or any certain program.  It was really about a “thousand faces and a million moments”.  Something extremely special and powerful happened at any given moment for a certain face.  And that face, that person, could tell you exactly what that moment was, and so could I.  We both knew.  God had been present in a very powerful way.  The truth is, we are ALL in ministry.  Any of us can be present and used by God at any given moment to make a difference for all eternity.  “It only takes a moment to be loved your whole life long”, as the song says.

A dear friend encouraged me to write this blog, along with many friends through the years who have encouraged me to write SOMETHING.  I decided to focus on a moment, with the hope that my sharing a certain MOMENT along the way might encourage your MOMENT.  You and I have opportunities to be present in the moment which can be very powerful and lasting forever.  Join me in this journey of “A MOMENT”.

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