Back in the Day...Part Nine

After about 16 weeks, I was good to go! I did have to be on Zofran until the day I delivered, but that was no big deal. I went back to work full-time and got back into life at Forefront again.

Let me tell you one of my worst Forefront memories...

Vince is famous for doing Top 10 Lists. One Sunday morning he was doing a Top 10 List called something like, "The Top 10 Things That Are Annoying About Vince." He decided on Sunday morning that it would be funny if I gave the Top 10 List for him. He came up to me as I entered the service and asked me...I mean persuaded me...to do it "for Forefront."

Let me introduce you to my inner voice at that moment: You have got to be kidding me! I don't really care what you or Forefront wants from me; there's no way I'm getting up there and giving your Top 10 List!

I gave the stupid Top 10 List.

I'm more of a behind the scenes kind of girl. The stage is not a place where I am comfortable. It's a place that I have nightmare's about. When I was young I took dance lessons. Every year we had a recital and every year I would literally cry before I went out to perform (the sad thing is that I continued to dance for 10 years...what was I thinking?).

So, I guess the morale to this story is that sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do. Sometimes they don't make sense. Sometimes they make you uncomfortable. Sometimes they make you angry.

This whole church planting thing is crazy. I've felt things and experienced things that I never expected. I've been thrown out of my comfort zone dozens of times. The important thing is having a good attitude, laughing a lot, being humble, and trusting God that somehow what you are doing is making a difference for Him (even if it is a stupid Top Ten List!).

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