A Difficult Task

Hello, from Edmonton!

I love Reading Week, but it's too short. It's already Wednesday and I have basically done nothing since coming home last Friday. Part of it has been because it decided to get cold for whatever reason, and I don't like cold.

This coming Sunday, I'll be given the privilege to formally preach for the first time as a guest speaker at a Korean Presbyterian church not too far from my school. I am definitely nervous about it. I think that it will be a fantastic experience, but I just hope that it goes well.

I won't lie, I am nowhere near the preparation that I feel I need to be for even a short 20 minute sermon. It's been tough. Whenever I would want to sit down and read or prepare for it, I get distracted so easily and reading the Bible just became difficult.

So far, I have a very broad outline as to where I'll be going with my text, so hopefully it works out. The last thing I want to do is get up in front of the people and say something that I was not prepared to say. With all of my public speaking/sharing history, I have been someone that tends to just have a general idea of where I wanted to go and what I wanted to talk about, and I would do it. Preaching, though, I think will need to be something that I have to prepare what I say 100%. If I don't, then I pray to God that what I'm moved to say is from him and not from me.

I've always told people I could lead worship in front of a thousand or more people. Let's see how I fare preaching in front of a handful.

Hope this week has been treating you well!