THE JOURNEY BEGINS

I  began the journey of rediscovering myself and the pursuit of seeking to gain the proper accreditation to become an ordained minister. .My journey began after I nearly lost my life countless times last year and earlier this year. I realized that life is very short and that I had been operating, in life, in disobedience to that which I believe. Ministry is a calling which I have always had on my life, however, a call that I have most recently begun to heed. I have always loved the Lord with all my heart and realize that nothing can be possible without the Lord. My love for God and all that I believe concerning Him makes task and assignments He gives easy to follow. To love, serve, minister, give, pray for, heal and prophecy to others simply is everything I am. Being raised in the Church has been a great support which clarified my purpose in life. Later in life, I would also learn from my mother that even when she carried me, men and women of God spoke of the purpose and Plan that God had for my life.

To clarify, when a person is “called” to operate in any capacity of life their “gift” and ability to operate in a certain position is different from a strength and that of a talent. As one operates in a calling the ability to successfully complete a work is natural to them and require little to no training. It’s just that, a gift. With my calling to go out to not only my country but to other countries and minister the gospel of Jesus Christ, I have been endowed with the gift of prophecy, healing hands and the interpretation of our holy language, speaking in tongues. I began to process thoughts to understand the condition of the world in which we live today. I came to the realization that the world is really full of people who are hyet, heartbroken, sad, angry and confused to say the least. To minister is to serve all people. With this thought in mind, I began to ask myself and pray about how to initiate peaceful conversations with others.  It was revealed to me that the simple jester of rendering a smile to someone would be key. I have found it important to disarm others by being friendly and smiling, giving them comfort that I mean no harm as I proceed to minister, encourage or enlighten people about Christ. My display of a smile becomes, an indirect ice breaker, if you will, to help others feeling welcomed. I understand many may very well still be unwelcome toward my invitation to engage in conversation. Even if I may just leave them with a smile in response to my smile, I will have successfully accomplished one goal, to make others smile and experience a few seconds of joy in their life. And that you can change the world one smile at a time. With the understanding, that to minister is to serve I began to pray about ways to “break the ice” with people whom I am lead to minister to. I have learned, when people frown,  I still smile. For I understand that I can change the world one smile at a time.

My role in my personal journey to become a minister entails continuous face to face communications. With the climate of today’s political and social setting, It is important to disarm others and to show one's self to be friendly in the simplest way, to smile. I must learn how to closely interact with others because as one communicate you want to be clear and transparent and relatable in order to better connect with others.

This experience allows me to demonstrated Context. Having the strength of Context allowed me to easily recall the history and understanding of how social events can cause we as human beings to be disconnected. My strength of Responsibility-What I say and will do being committed to stable values such as honesty and loyalty in this process as to my commitment to continue to smile. Another one of my strengths is being Strategic-creating alternative ways to proceed. I will make people smile by giving them compliments on something positive I view about them. I have to continue to be creative in my approach. I had to use analytics-searching for reasons and causes to indirectly help others “get out of their own heads” and learn to smile. I also had to exhibit the ability to be a learner-having the desire to continuously improve. I have to continuously learn ways people welcome communication and people don’t welcome communication. Smiling at others to show me friendly is the smallest point on a grander scale. Ministering the gospel of Jesus Christ will come forth no matter what comes my way.  I have also come to realize many who operate in the ministry allow people and their opinions to deter them from the ministry. Our goal is not to please man but to serve and please God. Thus far, on this journey, I have learned, that the lack of desire to conforming to a greater state of mind will not hinder me from doing the work of the Lord. I will yet again, and still rise to the occasion, genuinely smile, being a light waiting to share the gospel to all. If we must categorize Ministry, we may say, I am an Ambassador for Christ and I must be able to withstand the wiles of the world in Jesus name.

To date, I am a few weeks away from the official launch of my Ministry. I would like to attend “ Henani Ministry School” which is a 3 year Ministry school that is apart of my Church located in San Antonio, Texas. I will be in attendance of this school if the Lord says the same, Fall of 2019 if I am not directed to another platform. Training and gaining knowledge to continue to edify the kingdom of God never ends. at a person “know everything about God” the chances are they stopped being open to learning about the knowledge of Christ a long time ago. Because that’s one of the awesome things about God, we will never know everything about this life, Only the things God allows.

In this process, I hope to learn all that God has for me to learn. My Pastor, Rodney Pierson says Ministry goes from ”pulling weeds to the pulpit.” So if I have to get on my hands and knees to clean floors or travel to a third world country as apart of Ministry, I’m there. To minister is to be selfless. It is my prayer that I learn how to see the Lord more clearly, hear what his word says more clearly and to learn how to speak and articulate clearly the Word of God. I will operate in the capacity which was listed and in any other capacity as directed by the Holy Spirit.