Just gimme a reason

The call to ministry is scary enough without being told that you shouldn't be trying to do what you know you should do.  I was given plenty of encouragement to step out and accept the call to preach because my father was a pastor.  But when people learned that I was in my second marriage, THEY immediately disqualified me from moving on in ministry.  Thank God that He is kind and gracious enough to forgive us of those stupid mistakes we made when we were kids.  People aren't always that forgiving though and they will use your past to discourage you from stepping out.  I figure that if God called me, He knows better than anyone what I used to be.  So, if He's ok with it, why can't everyone else be? Religion can and will hold us back from being and doing what we are called to. That is the subject of this blog; the things that hold us back from answering the call to ministry. If you feel that you have been called into the ministry and are afraid to take that step, let me know the reasons you feel that way. I want to help you see more for your future than the limits that have been placed on your life.