When God called me to the ordained ministry in the Methodist Church I began wondering what on earth He saw in me. Yet at my ordination service at the Southport Conference (in Birkenhead Methodist Church) the Church said they saw in me what God had laid on my heart, & set me apart for leadership as a Methodist Presbyter / Minister.
Since then there have of course been ups, downs, joys & sorrows but in everything I have known that God has walked with us & ahead of us; He has always given me the words to share with people.
I wouldn't have missed this roller-coaster journey for anything!
I am proud to be one of Mrs Wesley's preachers - I cant imagine ever being anything else.
I never imagined though for one moment that I might be used by God to help inspire someone else to give their life in service of God in the same way & actually be part of the ordination of another, yet at this years Methodist Conference again at Southport things have come full circle.
In the Methodist tradition those being ordained get to choose someone who has been part of their journey to be part of the ordination process & I am am so humbled that tomorrow I will be one of those Assisting Minister's at a Methodist Ordination service in Chester Cathedral. http://www.methodistconference.org.uk/ordinations http://www.chestercathedral.com/
I feel so humbled that God used me to encourage my friend & am so proud to stand with her & assist in her ordination.
Praise God!
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