I feel good today. Yesterday was the first day my muscles haven’t been in a huge knot accompanied by its friend tension headache. No leg cramps. I think I may be pulling out of the coffee withdrawals. In fact, I’m sitting in Starbucks right now working and I’m not chomping at the bit for some coffee. Okay, I am chomping, but at least I can sit here and control my urges. lol.

God is really deepening my understanding of what ministry is. MINISTRY IS SACRIFICE. Bottom line, that is what it is. It is not a sacrifice just for you, but your family as well. Notice it is a sacrifice for your family, not sacrifice your family.

I thought I missed so many things growing up. I didn’t have the whole college experience. I didn’t get to run around and party and hook up with a bunch of girls. I even gave up a full-ride to OU to go to Bible school. I was a primed frat boy. Sometimes I look at my old friends who all joined the same frat and are still friends. Sometimes, I wish I had that brotherhood. I used to be with them. The reality is that I couldn’t be doing the ministry God called me to know if I did not forgo that experience.

I am no way saying not to go to college. Get an education. God is just showing me that ministry is sacrifice. You will always be different. You won’t always have the same experiences as everyone else. We will spend our lives sacrificing in ministry for the sake of others.