Tonight there is a committee meeting for the Benton County of CEF (Child Evangelism Fellowship) board. At this meeting, they will decide whether or not I will continue to work with them for the school year. Of course, I continue to pray that they will say that I can stay on, but it's a little nerve racking having to wait as they decide if I can or not.
Either way, I still need to find a part-time (or full-time if CEF decides no) job to fund my very minimal living expenses and fill in more of my CMI fund. For those of you who don't know, CMI stands for Children's Ministry Institute. It is a 12 week college course designed to help it's students learn more about ministering to kids. It is a required course if someone (like myself) is interested in entering a director position with CEF. Right now I have $750 towards CMI, but I need a total of $6000 to cover virtually everything I can think of that I'll need over those 12 weeks, including the tuition and board.
Of course, when I get to CMI this blog will probably be much more active, but for now, you have to wait just like I do. Rest assured, waiting does produce results, especially when one is waiting on God.
Becoming the man God wants me to be...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
The journey begins with a single step...
Yes, as you read this you are witnessing the creation of my new blog. I've long wanted to make one but could not find the time or will to do so. But that has changed . In fact, that is the whole idea behind this blog...
You may ask, "Why 'Landscape for a Hero'?" and I don't blame you. Frankly, the name is rather abstract, but it pierces straight to the heart of it's purpose. This blog serves as a window into the landscape I currently live in. My life, friends, choices, education, ministry: they all pour into this landscape and make it's various edges and curves, as you would see in any landscape. However, the one who tends this landscape is not me, but rather God. As He works in and through my life and it's landscape, He is working to build a suitable place for a hero: me. Now I don't have any powers or abilities that make me a "Superhero" but I do have a heart that is willing to let God work through it, though at times it is resistant, and He is what makes me a hero. Simply by being me and letting God do the rest, I could easily save a life. In fact, I probably already have, I just don't know it yet.
And there you have it, the world around me becomes the landscape I must work in as I try to save the lives of others, like a hero would do. As you continue to follow this blog, you will see the landscape around me change, and the work-in-progress hero you know as Jason Talbert grow and learn from his experiences.
Until next time, Godspeed.
You may ask, "Why 'Landscape for a Hero'?" and I don't blame you. Frankly, the name is rather abstract, but it pierces straight to the heart of it's purpose. This blog serves as a window into the landscape I currently live in. My life, friends, choices, education, ministry: they all pour into this landscape and make it's various edges and curves, as you would see in any landscape. However, the one who tends this landscape is not me, but rather God. As He works in and through my life and it's landscape, He is working to build a suitable place for a hero: me. Now I don't have any powers or abilities that make me a "Superhero" but I do have a heart that is willing to let God work through it, though at times it is resistant, and He is what makes me a hero. Simply by being me and letting God do the rest, I could easily save a life. In fact, I probably already have, I just don't know it yet.
And there you have it, the world around me becomes the landscape I must work in as I try to save the lives of others, like a hero would do. As you continue to follow this blog, you will see the landscape around me change, and the work-in-progress hero you know as Jason Talbert grow and learn from his experiences.
Until next time, Godspeed.
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