Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] been thinking about leaving...

HI JOLENE. MY FRIEND.. JESUS EXPECT`S YOU TO TIME FOR YOURSELF. AND FROM THE SOUND OF IT ..YOU SOUND MORE THEN STRESSED..AND ON THE WAY TO A BURN OUT. WE KNOW YOU LOVE GOD..BUT A PERSON HAS TO SET LIMIT`S. BELIEVE ME I KNOW ABOUT A SERVENT`S HEART..AS I HAVE ONE. AND THE SAD THING IS THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT...BEEN THERE. LET`S FACE IT ..THERE ARE SOME LAZY AND SELFISH PEOPLE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST..THERE WERE IN CHRIST`S TIME..AND THERE ARE TODAY AS WELL. JOLENE..I WAS WORKING FORTY + HOUR`S A WEEK AT OUR CHURCH BESIDES WORKING TO KEEP A ROOF OVER OUR HEAD`S AND FOOD ON THE TABLE. DID THAT FOR ABOUT THREE + YEAR`S. IT WAS WRONG FOR ME TO DO THAT. I PUT THE CHURCH NEED`S OVER THAT OF RAISING MY DAUGHTER. SHE WAS WITH ME..STILL IT WAS NOT FAIR TO HER. THE LORD MINISTERED TO ME TO SLOW DOWN. AND I AM ASKING GOD TO TOUCH YOUR HEART AS TO HIS THOUGHT`S ON THIS. JOLENE..PLEASE TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF..AS I CAN SENSE YOUR EXHAUSTION. LET ANOTHER STEP UP. AND IF FOR SOME REASON SOMEONE DOES NOT STEP UP..GUESS WHAT? THE STAR`S WILL NOT FALL FROM THE SKY..MOUNTAIN`S WILL NOT COLLAPSE AND GOD WILL STILL BE ON HIS THRONE...SMILE. MY FRIEND..THE LORD WANT`S YOU RESTED AND HE EXPECT`S YOU TO TAKE TIME FOR YOURSELF. ANYWAY...I NEEDED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. BE BLESSED...ROGER

--- On Fri, 11/27/09, Jolene Cardenas <joe.haiku@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jolene Cardenas <joe.haiku@gmail.com>
Subject: [FamilyofGod] been thinking about leaving...
To: "Family Of God" <FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Friday, November 27, 2009, 4:38 PM

F.G. family, as I'm struggling to remain composed I must admit to youa'll that I've been contemplating the possibility of leaving this group today because I have been used soooo much by God to minister to the brethren offline and in another group PLUS spread the Gospel to the unsaved far and near that I barely have spiritual breathing space for my own relationship with Him...If this is coming across to you'all as sounding very selfish on my part please forgive me...I just need that little corner for just me and the Lord because He is LITERALLY all I have and I don't want it any other way, especially since as a lone ministry leader I depend upon Him for everything.. .I'm not leaving just this minute but just contemplating it even more..... :-(

in Christ my True Everything,
Jolene.

The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
The Lord is near to all who call upon Him,
To all who call upon Him in truth.--Psalm 145:17-18 (NKJV)