Stephen Meeks’ Blog

A Series in Reality Missions: TJ the Public School Employee.

(We wrote a few weeks ago about T.J. the Public School employee who decided to do more than learn about missions. She took it to work with her by asking a few co-workers to join her 1 morning a week for prayer for their school. This is the most recent update.)

God is good!  I asked a couple of women that  I work with if I could pray with them for the school we work in.  And God is using that time.  The second week that we met to pray, God used a verse from James to call me to confess to the women I was praying with.  And I am so thankful to have a community of trust at my workplace where I can confess and my sisters in Christ can pray for me.  The whole process was such an experience of God’s love for me. He loves me enough to show me the weight of my sin, to remind me to confess at the best time, to give me a new family who loves me (whether I’m “good’ or messed up).  The rest of that day, all I could do was thank God and tell people about the reason I had in my life to give him praise.

And speaking of messing up, last week I forgot to come into work early to pray with them.  I overslept and missed it.  But I’m glad that those times of prayer are about God, not about me.  Those 5 women met together anyway and prayed.  And I’m glad it’s about God, because He’ll do more through that time than anything I could do.

And it’s even having an effect in my home.  I’m living with my parents, who are members of the church and believe that Jesus is God’s son.  But they aren’t living 100% for God.  They don’t have missional mindsets.  But my mom knows that I’ve been coming in early to pray with some of my coworkers.  And she’s going to come in early with me tomorrow for breakfast with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club.  I’m excited for both of us to meet some of the students here who claim Jesus.  I hope that as we take time in the morning to remember Jesus’ birth, we can all be more encouraging to each other.  And I hope that my mom can step into a missional lifestyle and be defined as a Christian at work, not just on Sundays.

Note: God doesn’t use perfect people, but willing ones…which should encourage us all. –Keep it up T.J.!   –Stephen

Tags: Christianity, Missional Living, missions, School, women, work place
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