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Once upon a time there was a really cool deacon who worked at a really cool church in a really cool town. Now this really cool deacon loved her work at her really cool church in the really cool town. She was very busy doing all sorts of stuff. The people at her really cool church loved her, and she was pretty happy there.
One day God came to visit the really cool deacon at the really cool church in the really cool town and said, "Hi, really cool deacon." "Hey God," said the really cool deacon. "What's goin on?"
"Well," said God to the really cool deacon at the really cool church in the really cool town, "I came to ask you if you would come down this road over here with me."
The really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town looked over at the road God had pointed to and frowned.
"But that road looks dark, God. Why would you want me to come down that road? You must see how busy I am here with all the good work I am doing in this really cool church in this really cool town. Can't you ask somebody else to go? Can't you see how important I am here? Who will do the work if I don't?"
And God said, "Well, really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town, up to now your journey might be said to be all about your faith in me. Are you willing to go down a road that might be about my faith in you?"
"Well, now that you put it that way, God", said the really cool deacon, "that sounds adventurous. But where is the light, God, the path looks dark from here."
"It does look dark, and it may be dark at times, really cool deacon. But I give you my word if you will hold my hand I will be with you through any darkness. I will light the path one footstep at a time. Will you trust me?"
And so the really cool deacon took the hand of God and started down the unknown path. And it WAS DARK, And it was SCARY… And there was PAIN, lots and lots of PAIN. And there were lots of clouds, sometimes very scary DARK CLOUDS… and sometimes the really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town was very afraid.
And just when the really cool deacon felt isolated from her God, when the pain seemed to surround her, when for the first time in her life she felt unable to pray to her God, when she felt God had let go of her hand, God sent Angels.
God sent sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, aides, nurses and therapists, and doctors and case managers, and prayer partners and reiki masters, and priests and bishops and deacons, and lots and lots of friends who loved the really cool deacon.
And with the help of all these angels the really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town was able to go down the strange dark road, confident that God would disclose the gifts of the clouds that surrounded her. And he did!
And the really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town was changed in ways that she would never have imagined, and it was ALL GOOD.
A few years past and the really cool deacon from the really cool church in the really cool town was once again nudged by God. "Hey really cool deacon, I've got a new ministry for you I'd like you to look at!" "Oh yeah, God", she said, "what's that?" And so she explored this new ministry called Spiritual Director, a ministry where she would not have to go out in the rain and cold in the mornings and get to church to serve, but a ministry where people who want to try and figure out where God is leading them to go would come one on one and talk, and she would listen and she is a great listener, and people would come to her, and over tea they could talk about God and life. It is a ministry that allows her to say YES to God's service, in a less stressful way.
And the really cool deacon began the three year study in September of '09 to see if God was right about this new road for her, and dontcha know! God is so smart! She loves it!
And so the really cool deacon has to say goodbye to her beloved Church where she has been delighted to serve these past seven years, and she asks two things of the people she loves. One, pray for me while I finish this course the next two years, and Two.
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in Peace, to Love and Serve the Lord!
Your Deacon,
Colleen
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