Pilgrim Soldier

I’ve been thinking a lot about my new appointment and have wondered exactly what it is that the Lord has in store for me while I’m there. Those who know me best would tell you that I am passionate about making disciples and about issues of justice. This seemed to be heading towards a ministry in places where the Army has always been at home, in the places where poverty is obvious, where the social problems are evident in society.

However, suddenly I find myself heading off to a pleasant historic town, as corps leader of a small corps, probably only for one year.

Yet as I reflect on my calling, I cannot help but remember how Zoe & I have discussed the possibility of moving to a market town type place. Not too small, but not too big! As I reflect I realise that there are people heading to hell in all areas of society, and that we in The Salvation Army sometimes forget that people came to us from all echelons of society in our earliest days, not just the ’submerged tenth’.

So I am constantly asking at the moment, “Lord what do you want of me?”