Have you ever felt like you were a square peg trying to fit in a round hole?  I know I have, especially lately — I feel like I am the strangest person that people have ever seen. Every pastor’s wife that I know has one ministry or mission field that they love to talk about. For me it is the military and the military chaplaincy.  I know that most pastors’ wives would not get excited about the military, but for me, military personal are some of the coolest people I know. Some think my ministry or mission field is a little unrefined for a pastors wife.  The military has always been like a magnet pulling me towards it. Several months ago I received some wisdom from a friend of mine (Niki). She reminded me that the military is a part of society that needs someone to tell them about God’s love.

I don’t consider myself to be edgy or out of the box, but sometimes I feel that way, especially when it comes to my ordination.  I know that God has called me into ordained ministry and yet sometimes it seems that is way out of the box.  Part of that feeling comes from the fact that we live in the south and are heavily influenced by the thought that only males can be pastors. 

So where does that leave me?  I know to what God has called me.  Dale says I have a wonderful gift of encouragement.  And God has tugged on my heart in the area of Compassionate Ministries.  These really do fall hand in hand.  When I think about it, it’s not hard to go outside of the box and doing what God has called us to do even though others think we are strange.