How the 'Send' Button Can Change a Person's Life Part II

The first time the 'Send' button changed my life was because it put me on the radar with the Diocese. This time, it was with the Sabha. Now, it's official. Backing down now is like punching King Kong, you just don't do it.

Friday, June 3, 2011, Noble Achen forwarded me the BD (Bachelor's of Divinity) Preparatory Application Form. He called me and told me I should fill this up and send it to the Sabha Secretary before I go to New York. Sabha is the Mar Thoma Church Headquarters. This is the place that controls EVERY Diocese and the churches within those Dioceses. I easily filled out the form, and I typed the email, but I faced the same hesitation that I faced when I emailed our Bishop in New York. I thought to myself, "If you hit that button, you're not just placing yourself on the radar of the Diocese of North America and Europe, but you're placing yourself on the radar with the whole Mar Thoma Church." I felt like I was hesitating to pull the trigger as some police officers do when they have to take the first life on the job (Clearly, Osama Bin Laden wasn't that fortunate). I eventually hit 'Send' and left it at that. The next morning, I received an email from the Sabha Secretary, and he thanked me for emailing them the form, and to wait for the next few steps that the Diocese will continue to fill me in on. Another day, another email, and another step closer to becoming an ordained minister of the Mar Thoma Church.

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, He may give it to you." 

-John 15:16 (ESV)