Claimed, gathered and sent

Two more days until Regional Assignments for ELCA Lutheran seniors graduating with a Masters of Divinity. Many thoughts have been swirling through my head. Will I be assigned to the region I   really want to go to? Will anyone want me? Will I have to wait long for a call? Where will we live between the time we must leave campus and the time when my call to a church begins? The thoughts are conflicting--I want to keep my eyes on serving Christ and his people. It's not about me and yet it is. Then of course there is the day to day of schoolwork and being engaged in the matters at hand. So, in the midst of it all, one of the songs that stills speaks to me so powerfully about what service to God looks like is "Here I Am, Lord." For whatever reason, the You Tube embedding code does not seem to be functioning, so here's the url. Google Image

is where will you live when you graduate from seminary? Where will you be ordained? Will you be in New England, New York (insert area)? The answer is, I really don't know right now. On the evening of Feb. 22, Ash Wednesday, the senior class of LTSG will be given regional assignments, from which there will be a synod assignment, followed by a church to pastor. Here's a link to a map of the regions. Of course, we keep wondering. In less than a week, I'll know the region. In the meantime, a song and a promise to God from many years ago keeps running through my head. As we seniors wait and wonder where God and the bishops will place us I hope the response of my heart is: I’ll go where You want me to go, dear Lord, O’er mountain, or plain, or sea; I’ll say what You want me to say, dear Lord, I’ll be what You want me to be. Timeless Truths  Google Images