Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Preserving the Institutional

I have been involved in Jesus' healing minstry practically my who life.  In recent years, I have worked with institutionalized elderly, a hospital, and homebound elderly.  In the first and third case, the ministry ended when the administration decided to eliminate me from the position in the first case and did not renew funding in the third case.  In the second case, the administration ran the hospital into the ground and it closed.  I am now out of work for the second time.  These economic times do not seem to help matters.  The people are looking for ministers.  Unfortunately, there are administrators who do everything to preserve the institution, and in a messianaic way eliminate programs that don't contribute to the institution.  

Ministry is a call from God.  I am trying to hear what God is asking of me next.

Tom