Jan 07 2009
God’s Sense of Humor
Jan. 7, 2009
Wednesdays can be rather long days. In addition to being the Preacher’s Wife, substitute teaching and helping with the massive addition to our house, I am the church secretary and the Christian Education Director. This is actually part of my degree. I hold a Bachelor of Religious Education. My major was in Ministry and my minor was General Bible. This was the degree that only guys took.
Back in the day, 1975 to be exact, all the girls in Bible college either went for a two year associate degree and then finished the four years somewhere else, or they majored in Christian Education.
1975 was an interested time of life. The Women’s Lib movement was in full swing and the Vietnam war was just over. We had survived the riots of the 60s. Things were becoming peaceful again. I grew up in the big city of Pittsburgh, PA, so moving to a small college in the upper Midwest was a jump. Almost like going back in time. The kids I went to college with didn’t seem to know about the Women Lib Movement and I’m not sure they knew the war was over.
I remember being in my dorm room on the first day of Freshman Orientation when my roommate showed up. I was wearing blue jeans and a tee shirt with race cars on the front because I had just met a guy who raced cars. I had 6 inch platform shoes and a 12 string guitar and looked like I just came from Woodstock … the original one. My roommate was from Bristol, Indiana and she was wearing a green plaid jumper … that she had made herself. In my minds eye she had freckles and was chewing on a stalk of wheat. .Talk about the odd couple. I never would have survived college if it hadn’t been for her, but after our Freshman year – we didn’t room together anymore. I’ll have to tell you Freshman year stories another time.
Like with my gall bladder surgery; I never quite do things like other people . So, I didn’t major in Christian Education like the other girls did. I majored in Ministry with the boys. (Another long story). I wasn’t just into the Womans Lib thing. In fact, theologically speaking I would not be a Minister in a church. As politically incorrect as that is … it is Biblically sound. I love the Lord and am 100% convinced that the scriptures are correct. It has nothing to do with my “calling” or my desire to serve or my abilities or my value as a woman. The Bible says that a woman is not to teach a man (I Timothy 2).That’s really all it takes for me. I wanted to take all the public speaking classes so I could become a speaker for Ladies Conferences and travel around the world. I’ve gotten to do that. But, my plans for my path … are not always the plans of God’s path. In Proverbs 3:5, He says “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight.”
Back to Wednesday, God has such a sense of humor. I spent the morning as the church secretary doing church secretary things, like letters and bulletins. Then I spent the afternoon cooking dinner for the church crowd. I really do enjoy this. We eat together every Wednesday night before Bible Study so those who work all day can come and relax before hand. They all chip in a couple dollars to cover the cost of the food. Tonight we ate Indian Cuisine since my Husband and I are leaving soon for a mission trip to India. Then, after the meal, I taught all the children so the adults can go to Bible study. I should have taken those Christian Education classes.
