James Green Somerville

As long as I loved and served Christ I could be anything I wanted to be. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#christ #could #i #long #loved

Even more important than what we do, then, is who we are. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#important #more #than #then #who

I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a message from God just for me. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#began #ceiling #fervent #god #hoping

I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while worked as a graphic designer. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#another #art #college #designer #dropped

I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still when I tremble under the weight of trying to speak a word for God. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#confess #glad #god #i #less

I know the world is hungry for good ministry. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#hungry #i #know #ministry #world

It's not just being called to the ministry that counts. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#called #counts #just #ministry

My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when he accepted that call and so we never had much money. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#among #amounted #call #father #had

Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every part of the world. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#black and white #city #congregation #every #great

While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place. ↗

— James Green Somerville

#before #calling #choice #enter #first