Stellarbration!
I'm talking about marriage right? No. I'm talking about ministry. And not in the holy way that people talk about marriage as your ministry, either. I'm talking about at least three rehearsals a week (during the slow season) and, if we're lucky, one service on Sunday. We're rarely that lucky, but I wouldn't trade it.
Christmas Production 2016
Rob and I have been serving in ministry together for years. Long before we were an "item" or even friends. I knew Rob as the guy who sang the high notes on solos on Sunday morning and who would always have a role in the large church productions (but would also be seen moving props). We became good friends and eventually girlfriend and boyfriend through working on a production for our churches middle school and high school ministry. We have each, in our own ways, encouraged each other to reach for higher heights in our ministry and to push beyond what we though we were able to do.
Ministry has fueled most of the moments that our relationship is made out of. Serving in ministry together allows us to go through the same things together. It gives us something to celebrate together. It gives us issues to be frustrated about together. It gives us accomplishments to celebrate together. It gives us problems to solve together. And every once in awhile, it gives us a rehearsal to skip together.
Your standard selfie during church announcements.
I actually wanted to do a video showing all the times we are doing ministry together, but over the past week I kept forgetting to turn the camera on. Almost every time I would remember as Rob was pulling into my driveway to drop me back off at home. I may still try to put the video together just to see what our ministry schedule looks like from another perspective.
“God comes first, then family, then ministry. Don’t get it twisted.”
Moving forward into marriage, ministry together is one of the big non-negotiable requirements Rob and I have set into place. We want to begin/continue serving in ministry where we can work together. Some of the ministries we are in now just require us to occupy the same space at the same time, but we're really big on working together. We also have to make sure that we aren't allowing church work to take over our time together. We want to set up good habits for our eventual (yes, eventual) family. God comes first, then family, then ministry. Don't get it twisted.
