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Hey guys, it’s Gabby:)
College was one of my favorite seasons, but I look back and realize how confused I was. I walked through college and graduated with very little clarity on where I would work when that season ended. I felt overcome with the pressure from others and myself to be successful and wondered why the Lord had blessed others with the clarity I so desperately wanted. All I knew was all I had ever known, and that was that I had a deep appreciation for connecting with people. For years, I had told people I felt called to ministry–but again these answers didn’t feel like they were creating a neon lighted sign towards a specific position or opportunity.
But God calls us to depend on Him, even when we aren’t getting the answers we would like at the pace we’d like them.
So, I started teaching. I taught for a year, got married and taught for another year. Teaching was fun …and exhausting. At times, it felt right but I was still wondering if that was where God wanted me long term. I went to Passion Conference, like I do every January where I received an infamous text from Libby, asking me if I was at all interested in a possible position at LifeSongs. I didn’t answer for days. The thought of being on the air made me physically sick. I had allowed the time waiting for where God called me to make me so insecure. But my husband and I prayed about it and I felt the Lord leading me to jump. Following Jesus with our obedience often feels like that —the biggest free fall you could imagine. But God is always with us, waiting to see if we will trust him enough to jump, and he catches his kids every time.
I could’ve let my insecurity, fear, comparison and anxiety completely rob me from where God was calling me. But I am so thankful the Lord gave me direction and grace for each day as Libby so kindly taught me what all the buttons on the board in the studio meant–THERE ARE SO MANY BUTTONS GUYS.
It’s time for my next free fall.
My husband and I were called to serve some students in a cute, small town in Alabama, which if you know me, you know that I am a city girl through and through. But if I learned anything from my season at LifeSongs, it is to know God and follow him. He will fill those blanks. He will equip us with everything we need to be obedient where he has called, but it’s all impossible unless we depend on him.
Thank you for letting me encourage you, serve you and love you during my time as a LifeSongs team member. This sweet season at LifeSongs was so fulfilling for me, because all I got to do was make much of Jesus and do my best to love his people well. What a blessing that I will always look back on with gratitude.
Much love and prayers to the ministry of LifeSongs and the city of New Orleans. God has big things in store, all we have to do is jump.