grow- katherine mills
22nd October 2009 by Julia Hosking
I have the best job in the world (in my opinion anyway). I'm Ministry Assistant at The Salvation Army School for Youth Leadership. The best part of my job is going on a journey with the students and seeing them grow throughout their nine months at the school.
The incredible thing is seeing God work in them to reveal their strengths, gifts and abilities and seeing their confidence grow. The hard but awesome thing is to see them being broken so that God can piece them back together to be stronger and more passionate, to be a better disciple, better equipped and better prepared for mission and ministry. The coolest thing is seeing them step up into doing ministry and leadership, and to see them learn from and succeed in the things they try.
But God doesn't just work through me in order to do this work in the students' lives. I've found that he's not done with growing me either (and I don't think he ever will be while I am on earth). In order to make me stronger and make me step up as the person he wants me to be, he's had to break me. This breaking process has revealed to me the things I still need to learn, the things I need to let go of, and areas where I need to grow and mature.
I've found myself on my knees admitting to God my weaknesses and being reminded and strengthened by his grace. I find myself along with the students in our prayer and worship times re-surrendering myself each day and hungry to get more of God. Everyday I ask to be healed, strengthened and equipped in order to step up for the ministry and mission God has given me. It hasn't been easy to be broken, it's not easy to step up but it's totally worth it to become the person God wants me to be, and to experience all God has for me: life to the full!
save. grow. serve.
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Comments
Love your work Kath and I count myself as blessed that I got to hear so much more of your amazing story at SFYL STUMP (how good was that!). God IS STILL into redeeming and transforming lives completely and you are a trophy of his grace Kath!
Can I encourage you to just keep declaring what He has done in your life and walking it out everyday, it will challenge, confuse and convict so many people's lives for the Kingdom, which will be freakin sweet. Bless ya Kath or should I say Captain Kath !?