De-Compartmentalize

After almost 10 years of vocational ministry and teaching that it is a mistake to compartmentalize our lives into categories like home, work, school, and church.  I am finally learning just how difficult that is.  For years my work, school, and spiritually where all the same.  They were all church and ministry related thereby putting them in the same compartment, which is the way we were intended to live.  Now, as we plant a new church and I manage a CiCi's Pizza I can see how easily one could fall in to the trap of compartmentalization.  God is clear in His word when He tells us to walk by Faith and not by sight.  Therefore, I am learning the true value in allowing all the areas of my life be under the heading of the Holy Spirit.  Enabling me to walk where He leads and minister to my co-workers, employees and guest.  I have seen the value and importance of being the spiritual leader in my home, as a vocational minister and now I am overwhelmed by the potential for God to move and use me in ways I have never before experienced.  It is truly an adventure when we step out of the boat and follow Jesus!