Saturday, October 08, 2005

Decision making and the will of God

Coffee at the Bison

I first met Dejan when we were at a Covenant pastors function of some kind. He was a youth pastor at a church in Alberta and as it turned out, he grew up a block away from where I am now living.


I remember upon first meeting him that there was an openness to his heart and we easily struck up a relationship. He was always ready to take some time to chat, and the talks usually got deep, quickly.


I recall early on in our relationship, he was questioning the work he was doing as a youth pastor. My adage has always been hey, if God's not called you, then don't go there, but if God has called you, then do it with all your heart. He wasn't sure he had heard God say anything about youth pastoring.


I remember exploring different opportunities he had, and different directions he thought might be tempting to try. He talked of maybe being a teacher, and when he talked about it his eyes lit up like a Christmas tree. His speech became energized and his arms began moving. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out and encourage him to maybe explore what it would mean to become a teacher.


Shortly after, he resigned the church, packed up his wife and moved to Saskatoon where he enrolled in university taking education training.


Last spring he graduated, with honors, and this Autumn saw him accepted into his first school. He's teaching grades six, seven and eight and a bit of ten.


I just had coffee with him and asked him if it was worth it.


"No question," he said. It's hard work, but he loves to get up in the morning. He enjoys teaching and he's good at it. The school he works at is very supportive and his co-workers are great to work with.


His wife is expecting their first child in December, and they've found a church they really love.


All in all a great story. And sometimes you just need to hear a good story.

3 comments:

  1. But at least he was brave enough to try something to see if it was something he truly wanted to do. Some people are afraid to take the plung and try something. Or maybe it's that some people are afraid of failing which is understandable.



    It's great that your friend has found something that he enjoys doing. Who knows, if he never went for it and became a teacher then who knows, he may have been unhappy doing something else.

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  2. That is a good story. Nice to hear those and that it's never too late to switch directions.

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  3. I will know more in the next two weeks whether I'm being asked to switch directions as well.



    It can be a fun time waiting on god for the answers.



    but in His time or not at all.



    Bless you Dejan for taking that step out of the comforst zone and into what god has got planned for you. Just remember to keep your eyes on Jesus for his leading.



    why is it everybody in canada seems to come from the same place (Saskatoon)....

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