ReformedWretch
Puritan Board Doctor
Ok, this is not easy for me to write here because I'm worried it makes me sound bad, but here goes...
For years I've loved the idea of preaching. Yes, of course going to school for however long it took to get the education needed first, but eventually being able to preach excites me. I've always been told that I am a good speaker. From high school, to every single job I've ever had people have told me that I have a gift for public speaking. Even when i was trying to make it big in pro wrestling the "ability to talk well" is what people liked best about me. So, I thought maybe the Lord had given me a gift in this area.
So what holds me back? Here is what's going to make me look bad. I simply don't desire to be a counselor, a death bed visitor, a marriage official, a funeral speaker, or any of the like. Counseling teens is one thing, counseling adults is completely another! I don't like the idea of politics at all and am not a good navigator of people's emotions and feelings especially if we're talking about biblical things. I would not be very "sensitive".
I used to love the idea of the traveling evangelist. Is there such a thing in reformed churches? What say you all regarding these feelings I have? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what I do now, but I am so sickened by the lack of the true gospel being preached including to teens! I would so love to do something about it one day.
For years I've loved the idea of preaching. Yes, of course going to school for however long it took to get the education needed first, but eventually being able to preach excites me. I've always been told that I am a good speaker. From high school, to every single job I've ever had people have told me that I have a gift for public speaking. Even when i was trying to make it big in pro wrestling the "ability to talk well" is what people liked best about me. So, I thought maybe the Lord had given me a gift in this area.
So what holds me back? Here is what's going to make me look bad. I simply don't desire to be a counselor, a death bed visitor, a marriage official, a funeral speaker, or any of the like. Counseling teens is one thing, counseling adults is completely another! I don't like the idea of politics at all and am not a good navigator of people's emotions and feelings especially if we're talking about biblical things. I would not be very "sensitive".
I used to love the idea of the traveling evangelist. Is there such a thing in reformed churches? What say you all regarding these feelings I have? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE what I do now, but I am so sickened by the lack of the true gospel being preached including to teens! I would so love to do something about it one day.