It’s been a long time since I’ve been this convicted about something. To put it best, I feel like it’s time to grow up. I’m a 26 year old Youth Pastor who constantly struggles to keep up with his responsibilities as a husband, a pastor, and a follower of Christ. The problem is not that I don’t get what I need done, but that I struggle to live up to the full potential that I believe that God has called me to be.
Thinking about it, everything about me screams “man-boy”. Most of my wardrobe is made up of t-shirts that sport cartoon characters. My favorite hobbies are playing video games, facebook stalking people (sarcasm), and rooting for my favorite sports teams. I eat whatever I want, whenever I want, which has resulted in me gaining 20 pounds in the last two years. I stay up late at night writing on my blog when I should be upstairs sharing a good nights sleep with my beautiful wife. I must face the truth, I’m a “man-boy” stuck between my youth and biblical manhood.
To get a better understanding of what I have been going through the last week you need a little background. Over the last few months, I believe God has really begun to prepare me to do something great in His name. Just in case you are wondering, I still have no idea what that is. The first few steps of this process has been jumping several hurdles in my ministry as well as getting ordained. This conviction to finally transition into a manhood is that next step. Please pray for me as I look to decipher between the areas in my life where I need to grow up and those areas that are just representations of my personality.
Stay tuned as God takes me on this new journey.
