From Cold To Hot
Now Playing: THE REASON FOR THE SEASON
Topic: New Challenges


After making a call to a ministry I am acquainted with, I left New York City.

"You won't believe the timing of this call," the pastor told me on the phone, "My person in charge of street ministry just left...Come on down."

Upon hearing the pastor's words I knew why God allowed me to go through my recent trials in the Big Apple. I was certain that my five months of ministering to the homeless were training for the position I would now be taking. "Well, I've been in street ministry boot camp here in New York City for the past few months," I told him.

Sure it was the Christmas season, but it was also the end of a long season of hardship and the beginning of a new challenge.

Almost a week ago I arrived at my destination where I will be on staff in a Christian-based homeless mission. "We wanted to give you a little vacation before we put you in the 'hell hole," the pastor told me in a church meeting yesterday. That sounds a lot different than the freezing temperatures I left behind in New York with the wind slicing at my face. Sounds mighty, mighty hot! And I thought the trials in the city were fiery.

Well, on to new challenges. My weekend rest is over and the work is just starting.

By God's grace I left Manhattan and the things I endured there -- not as a victim -- but victorious, in Jesus' mighty name! And with his help I will conquer the things ahead. Amen!