Comments on: Blessed http://erika.haub.net/blessed/08/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: erika http://erika.haub.net/blessed/08/#comment-78 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:16:33 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/blessed/08/#comment-78 Ronda, Thank you for your kind words and for sharing a bit of your own journey. I love your parishoner's words: "Don’t ever not do or not go where God asks you." That is really what it is all about, isn't it--woman or man, young or old, rich or poor, confident or afraid...just name the obstacle! May God bless your heart of service, Erika Ronda,
Thank you for your kind words and for sharing a bit of your own journey. I love your parishoner’s words: “Don’t ever not do or not go where God asks you.” That is really what it is all about, isn’t it–woman or man, young or old, rich or poor, confident or afraid…just name the obstacle!
May God bless your heart of service,
Erika

]]> by: Ronda http://erika.haub.net/blessed/08/#comment-77 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 02:39:11 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/blessed/08/#comment-77 Erika, I was touched by this post today. I began following Scot McKnight's post in reference to the NY Times article, and have read almost every response. His site is what brought me here. I am 39 years old, married for over 20 years, a mother of 2 wonderful daughters, one a sophomore in college and the other a senior in high school. I am an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, and have been involved in ministry for over 18 years, 8 as a full time youth pastor. Opposition to a woman in mininstry has been fierce at times; a man walked out as I walked up to the platform to preach one night...so the story goes. I was presiding over a funeral, and was berated by a funeral director before the service, and asked out by the same man after. But just this Sunday, a man in our church shared with me a story, that inspired me to keep on serving. He was severely injured in a 2 story fall, and I went to visit him in the hospital. Although I was there several times, he didn't remember much...but what he did remember was, as he was laying in his bed, he could see out into the hallway; he saw me and our eyes connected. He said that he felt such a peace come over him, and knew God was with him. He said that it wasnt' me, or the fact that "I" came to see him, but who I represented. His words to me were, "Don't ever not do or not go where God asks you, he is using you to bring hope to others." No opposition here! There are so many topics that I could touch on as a woman in ministry...from good ol' boys clubs to managing ministry and keeping balance in marriage and family, but everyone has a story, don't they? It's just wonderful to read someone else's uplifting story! To be honest, it's the fairy tale to me, and I am grateful that there are awesome people out there to inspire women, I just haven't been as blessed in that area. I would love to pass your encouraging story on to one of my former students, an amazing young woman, pursuing her call to ministry in a Nazarene university. I look forward to reading more of your posts...keep the encouraging words coming... Ronda "Keep on charging the enemy so long as there is life." (One of my favorite quotes) Erika,

I was touched by this post today. I began following Scot McKnight’s post in reference to the NY Times article, and have read almost every response. His site is what brought me here. I am 39 years old, married for over 20 years, a mother of 2 wonderful daughters, one a sophomore in college and the other a senior in high school. I am an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene, and have been involved in ministry for over 18 years, 8 as a full time youth pastor. Opposition to a woman in mininstry has been fierce at times; a man walked out as I walked up to the platform to preach one night…so the story goes. I was presiding over a funeral, and was berated by a funeral director before the service, and asked out by the same man after. But just this Sunday, a man in our church shared with me a story, that inspired me to keep on serving. He was severely injured in a 2 story fall, and I went to visit him in the hospital. Although I was there several times, he didn’t remember much…but what he did remember was, as he was laying in his bed, he could see out into the hallway; he saw me and our eyes connected. He said that he felt such a peace come over him, and knew God was with him. He said that it wasnt’ me, or the fact that “I” came to see him, but who I represented. His words to me were, “Don’t ever not do or not go where God asks you, he is using you to bring hope to others.” No opposition here! There are so many topics that I could touch on as a woman in ministry…from good ol’ boys clubs to managing ministry and keeping balance in marriage and family, but everyone has a story, don’t they? It’s just wonderful to read someone else’s uplifting story! To be honest, it’s the fairy tale to me, and I am grateful that there are awesome people out there to inspire women, I just haven’t been as blessed in that area. I would love to pass your encouraging story on to one of my former students, an amazing young woman, pursuing her call to ministry in a Nazarene university.

I look forward to reading more of your posts…keep the encouraging words coming…

Ronda

“Keep on charging the enemy so long as there is life.” (One of my favorite quotes)

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