Perfect Pieces
By Lisa Boyer
“From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting
ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
Ephesians 4:16 (NIV)
It began with a mom on her knees
whose daughter would be in junior high in the fall. She was concerned (perhaps
worried) because the small group leader for the junior high girls was leaving
the ministry (and the state) to go back to college and there didn’t seem to be
anyone in the wings to take her place.
While she prayed, I was contently
serving in the same ministry for the 13th year at the same church I’d attended
for 19 years when God made it clear we were to start attending another church.
By fall, I was happily serving in a
new ministry with the most incredible group of junior high girls in the world,
including that mom’s daughter! I loved (almost) every minute of it and walked
away each week feeling exhilarated by what God was doing in that group, and
humbly privileged to be a part of it.
Looking back on the transition, it
makes so much sense to me that there was someone on their knees getting things
in motion. Although that mom wasn’t designed to be a junior high leader, she
was designed to set the foundation of prayer for the group she couldn’t lead.
As for me, working with those junior high girls fit me like a glove. It was as
though my temperament and personality were designed specifically to meet that
need.
She and I were total opposites, who
fit together perfectly in God’s plan.
GOING
DEEPER:
1.
Have you found a place to serve in your local church? If not, would you
prayerfully consider where God may want to use you…working with children, teens
or adults, on your knees praying for those volunteers, or in the church
kitchen?
FURTHER
READING:
Lisa has been married to Ted for 23
years and they have two sons in college. Lisa serves in Quest 56 on Sunday
mornings at Oakwood.
