This post inspired by Oswald Chambers' writing in My Utmost For His Highest from January 24. The Lord told Paul, after his conversion, that He had appeared to Paul for a purpose. That purpose was that Paul be a witness of what he had seen and of what God would reveal to him (Acts 26:26). I remember as a young boy making the decision to make Jesus the Lord of my life. The influence of my environment, those who spoke into me, and the dreams that God planted in my own heart pointed me in one direction: full time ministry. In my late high school years, I made poor choices, acted on sinful desires, and separated myself from God through my own choices. The desire for full time ministry still lingered in my heart, but my decisions created an obstacle in my path to that realization. As a parent of small children, I am used to seeing every parent's worst nightmare: a Lego on the floor. Legos, despite their typically minuscule size and plastic de...