“The Call to Discipleship”
Written by Ashley Whitham for Mission Center Conference 2024
I feel that tugging –
a pulling on my heart
a whisper in my mind
I feel that tugging to choose –
You or the world
Your suggestions or the world’s demands
I feel that tugging to choose who I will be –
the world offers me a box, a mold
a set of expectations that I know and understand
You call me to be myself
untested, unsure. A risk.
I feel that tugging to choose who I will be –
I don’t always choose to be me, to be a disciple
but today, You offer the choice again
This is my daily call to discipleship
a putting on my heart to choose to be me
a whisper in my mind that reminds me You are there
I feel that tugging.