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By Kristen Poljansek
As I sit and wonder where I was this time last year in a leadership role, I can’t help but think of how far I have come.
Although it has been an emotional time, a learning curve, time-crunching days, reading upon reading, it has been filled with so much encouragement and uplifting words from my family, classmates, professors, friends and director. I wouldn’t trade this season for any other one.
Entrepreneur. That’s a big word and I just finally got the spelling down. Never in my wildest of dreams would I have thought that I would become one. God’s plans for me are far more greater than I could have imagined.
Me, an Entrepreneur?
God has truly been shaping my heart and passions all into one these last few months. When I put my faith in His plans I know this endeavor will begin to move Heaven and earth. To begin an outreach for the people that make up my hometown of six hundred.
Gather. Meet. Congregate. Rally. Flock. Collect. Many words with one meaning as to why I have set my heart on this outreach. My hope is to have a small community to connect with one another over coffee, fellowship, and fun. My hope is to have a fun atmosphere for youth to come and mingle with one another after a long week of schoolwork. My hope is to have an intimate spot for worship on Sunday evenings.
My prayer is that within all of these connections we can serve a God who chooses to love us unconditionally. My prayer is to build a community of friends and family and be surrounded by other Kingdom builders.
Who doesn’t love a good cup of coffee and a table full of friends. This first year of school has been a challenge for sure. I’m trying to figure it all out while balancing my children’s ministry, learning the guitar, making cake pops, and most importantly connecting with those that are dear to me.
I keep trying to figure out what it will look like stepping into a leadership role, one that I never dreamed I would be called into. It’s overwhelming.
But through it all I can’t stop thanking God. I will continue to praise him for the hard times, change, and doubt. I didn’t start this master’s program because I thought it was going to be easy. I started it to become a better leader. I have questions and I want to learn, I want to love and I want to grow.
During this process I’m finding out that it’s sometimes difficult. Sometimes I’m tired and some days when I feel like I have no more love to give. I continue to thank Him. That these challenges and difficulties are just a part of what is shaping me in to an entrepreneur and into the person who He has called me to be. So we press on and into His love.