Mark Chester Response

Something I learned in class yesterday is that we are all talented people in some way. The way Mark described it is there are 10 talent people in the world along with 5 talents and some with just one. We all have some type of talent and some more than others. But, one of the most important thing that he talked about was how he only had the 10 talents in the area of his life that mattered the most, his family.

I believe keeping your family first in ministry is the hardest, but most important thing in your life. You need that balance in your life where you can just go off and be with them and lead them in the ways they are expecting you to lead.

I know me personally, obviously I’m not married nor do I have children, but that doesn’t mean I can’t see these things now and start preparing for them in my future. God’s been speaking to me a lot about my future family and honestly I’m so excited about it. To be a wife and a mom, this might sound silly, but it’s honestly one of my passions in life and it is already the most important thing in the world to me. God has recently been speaking to me about how involved I need to be within my ministry and my family, but I also know my family will be a big part of my ministry. (:

One thing I think is so important about ministry is that you take a day off to just rest and forget about work. Have a full Sabbath day where you do nothing, but relax and hang out with your family. The time you get to just be you for a day and not worry about work is probably the most important time to a leader within ministry. I know personally I love that we have off every Friday for school; it’s so great to just be able to relax and not worry about anything. I try not to allow myself to do any type of school work. But, I know sometimes just like everyone else I get distracted and I get caught up in a million different little things during my Sabbath that I get stressed out and by the next day I feel like I didn’t even get a chance to relax and rest. But, I know in my future ministry the Sabbath day is something I’ll be longing for and be in need of.

I enjoyed his class, and I really liked his talk about the talents. I learned through this to keep family first and honor your Sabbath day. Two very important things in life if we want to be successful in ministry I believe. (:

Ps- little side note I love the way they call the small groups throughout the church, mini churches and each leader of them they call the mini church pastor. That adds such a special touch to each person leading. It makes it seem more personal I think.. I just thought it was cute. Whoever came up with that was smart. (: