The Ways of Grace: Ten Years

It was ten years ago this year that the Lord put on my heart a desire to come alongside and help Matt & Miriam Barnes with the ministry God had given them at the Indiana Statehouse. We were complete strangers to each other then, but we served the same God and shared a common love for our country and her leaders. This passion created a unity that overcame the strangeness, and as I took on tasks to relieve Matt and Miriam of some of the administrative details of the ministry, we saw the Lord use Matt in more ways and take the ministry to new heights.

And now today this chapter is closing in my life. As unbelievable as it may sound, the Lord has directed me to part ways with the ministry of Public Servants' Prayer to pursue a new path. Yes, I still love my country and pray for her leaders. Yes, I still desire to see a Christian witness in the political arena. Yes, I still support what Matt Barnes and the PSP team are doing nationally and internationally. But God has directed me elsewhere.

As I reflect on these last ten years, I am grateful to the Lord for this opportunity he gave me and am indebted to Matt & Miriam for providing a forum for me to further develop my strengths. This ministry has also taken me to places I never thought I would see and put me in the path of people I never thought I would meet. From the doorway of the Indiana Statehouse to the steps of the White House to the land where Jesus walked, I have been blessed with some incredible experiences that have shaped me for life.

So I part ways with gratitude and also expectation to see what this new season of life holds for me. There are some unknowns, but I am confident of this, that "I being in the way, the Lord led me." (Genesis 24:27)