Why the Sherpa's corner

This blog is an outpouring of the things God is doing in my life during this season.  I believe that God has called me to serve the youth in our church.  I have been running from God's call to leadership since I was a teenager.  Part of my running comes from an understanding of the responsibility associated with leadership and authority and knowing my own flaws I do not want to be responsible for the spiritual lives of others.  The other part of my running comes from knowing that I am not gifted to be a teacher and, much like Moses, I don't talk so good.  From the moment of submitting to the call of God to serve our youth, He has been speaking to me telling me the things He wants to say to them.

Even with God giving me the things to say, I still have a problem using terms like leader or teacher when thinking of myself.  God has been faithful to speak and teach through me, but I recognize that it is all God and not me.  A friend of mine keeps trying to tell me that that I am a leader and a teacher and keeps getting frustrated when I refuse those titles. So this friend has started calling me the Sherpa.  She got the term from a tv show where a young man said he wants to be a Sherpa.  He explained that a Sherpa is a mountain guide, but he does not want to be just your ordinary mountain guide, instead, he wants to be the one who helps people find their way to places they never thought they could reach.  With that description, the title Sherpa is one I can embrace. 

I do not believe that my giftings are in teaching or leading.  I am however an Encourager and one of the gifts God has given me is the ability to see others giftings and know how to pull them out of them.  God has given me a love for young people of our church and I want to help them reach a closer relationship with God and find His calling for their lives.

This blog will be the lessons that God has given to me to share with the youth.  It is most likely that I will post them after I have taught them to the youth. I want them to be available so parents can see what God is saying to their kids through me.  Also it can serve as a good resource for the youth who missed a particular lesson and want to learn what God is trying to say to them through me or if they would like to just go back and remind themselves of the things God has said.