May the Lord
be in my heart
and in my lips
that I may
worthily proclaim
the good news
of salvation
I am doing the daily Shalom prayer and day 7th is about increasing our faith. While I was thumbing through the Bible, this little prayer card drop out. I have forgotten who gave it to me but I think it must be our lector’s ministry leader.
I am a lector and the only thing that got me through this most challenging situation is my faith in Jesus. I had shared many of the blunders I made as a new convert and especially being in the lector’s ministry. Once, I was even asked by a deacon to leave the ministry but I persevere because I know it was my naiveness and lack of experience that cause me to make mistakes. However, he insisted that I do not have enough faith, not guided by the Holy Spirit and I failed to do my ‘homework’ well.
Coming from a learnt and respected church elder, that sort of remarks certainly broke my confidence but I was stubborn and continue. Moreover, my supportive lector’s leader told me that I was doing fine. So,the only thing I could turn to was my faith that I didn’t stumble into the ministry by chance but a calling.
Here is another posts I wrote about lectoring and how it increases my faith in Jesus.
I pray that each time I have a lector’s duty, I will continue to fall back on Jesus to help me through.
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