Prayerfully Considering

I went to a meeting yesterday at the Olive Branch Food Pantry. It is a local food pantry ministry that serves the community. I have been volunteering at the pantry since January, weekly, and they have had monthly meetings. This is the first one I have attended. I found out that the director of this ministry is wanting to step down. Is this why I went to the meeting? Is God telling me something?

I have gone to the food pantry every Monday afternoon to organize the meat/food in the freezers and refrigerators. Yeah, there has been an ocassional Monday when we either didn't get food or I wasn't needed but generally, it has been every Monday. It is a service that I have come to love doing.

Back in the early winter of '09, David had the brilliant idea that we find a way to serve in the community. It's so great that he was finding something that our church could do and his job prevents him from being able to serve. We have had others from our homeschool community as well as our church help but lives get busy and it's been the children and I who have continued in this. I guess, without knowing, I have a heart for this. God led us to the pantry and I believe there is a reason. Is this it?

Have you ever done something then prayed for God's blessing on it? I have. Many times. I do something and then think, "I hope this works out!" I do NOT want to do that this time. They/we were supposed to vote at this meeting on new executive board members, which I did not know before attending. No one else wants/wanted the director position. I have told David, in private conversation, that I could do it but since we had not formally and truly discussed me taking a position like this I was not about to say anything. I wanted to prayerfully consider it along with discussing it with my husband. I spoke with the director immediately after the meeting and told her I wasn't promising anything as I would need to speak to my husband on the matter, but I would talk to him about me taking the director position. Her eyes lit up and she told me she thought I would make a great director.

This is serious. I am serious. Just because I can do the job doesn't mean it's within God's will for me to do it. I want to do God's will. Is this too much for me? Is this too much for our family? What responsibilities or duties does it entail? David and I will meet with the current director and the Food Pantry administrator and discuss these. Once we get more information, then we will continue to prayerfully consider God's will in the matter!

I would covet your prayers in this matter as well. Help me to clearly see if God would want me to step up into this very important role. Give me wisdom, courage, and strength. Mostly wisdom. I pray for wisdom in all aspects of my life.

Thanks for reading. Sometimes I think I am the only one reading this.