In this generation of nonstop social media, we have all learned that how something is portrayed is not always how it really is.  In the same way, intention isn’t the same as actually doing something; it’s a commitment to do it. 

Someone reading this is in a situation right now that is dark.

There is nothing good in what you are facing.  It seems hopeless.  You’re saying “Kim, there is nothing good about this day, this cancer, this divorce, this break up, this depression, this crisis of Faith”.  

And you’re right.

It’s messed up. 

My 9 year old son came running out to my car this morning, panic on his face.  

I had just gotten settled into the car with my daughter and we were about to pull out.   He reached the sidewalk and I rolled down my window.  His face was exasperated as he threw his arms up in the air and blurted out “there’s no one here and you’re leaving!”

He thought I was leaving him all alone. 

Have you ever felt like Hannah?

A prayer unanswered.  For years. 

Perhaps it’s for healing.  Or reconciliation.  Or a spouse.  Or a child. 

Or freedom.

It could be anything that you have desperately hoped for. 

Strange, right?  I was listening to my pastor talk about the body of Christ and how we are all members of one body.  And then he said it.  “Someone out there is a kidney”.  It was kind of a joke.  But not to me.  My husband nudged me with his elbow and told me what I already knew.

I am a kidney in the body of Christ.

Live to please Him.  In every area of your life.

When I was deciding what to call this ministry, I didn’t have to think hard to come up with the core passion that resides in my heart, the one that inspires me to preach God’s word and equip the church.   The exhortation of Paul to walk worthy.

Since my days studying at Fuller Seminary in the mid 90’s, I have known my mission.  My calling.  It was dropped into my heart then, and it hasn’t changed since. 

“To train and equip the church through preaching and prophetic word”

I feel called to the church.  This does not mean I am not called to reach the lost and take a bunch of folks with me into heaven.  That is a part of ALL of our callings.  This just means that I have felt compelled for many years to raise high a standard for believers, to exhort them and to encourage them to live a life that is pleasing and honoring to their God.  To walk in humility, morality, honesty, justice, purity and love.