Thankful Thursdays - Pastors

Lynn is hosting Thankful Thursday during the month of October. I just loved her post on Fall Joy! Jump on over to read others.

This month is Pastor Appreciation Month. So for me, I am starting off October being thankful for my pastors. I've labeled it pastors because I am thankful for all the pastors who have influenced my spiritual growth. Currently, my pastor is my husband. Glen works so hard and studies so much. I am blessed to have a husband/pastor that loves God more than me! I am thankful for his endless hours of study and service to our congregation (although sometimes, I do admit to jealousy over the issue). 

I am thankful for the pastors in our church district who mentor, guide, and encourage us in our ministry. Glen and I would be very lost here without you! 

I'm thankful for  Pastor Crowley who introduced me to my husband through Summit Lake Camp.

I am thankful for Pastor Mike and Pastor Chuck - the pastor and youth pastor from my first church. You two helped teach me the basics of the Bible as a new believer. 

Working in the ministry can be such a blessing. Thank you, pastors, who share yourselves so willing with people. May God bless you all today!

2 Timothy 4:1-5

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.