Happy New Year!
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ!
I hope this year finds
you with joy and great anticipation for the upcoming opportunities to grow
deeper in living for Christ our Savior. What a good thing it is that He has
chosen to give us Jesus in order to bring us back into communion with Himself.
Christmas is such a beautiful reminder of that gift. I hope you all had a
wonderful time with friends and family.
Since
January last year I have been worship leading for a church called The Threshing
Floor in Isanti, MN. Our worship
services are held on Sunday nights so I have had the opportunity to help out at
other churches around the area that need a pianist on Sunday mornings. I attend
Cross Pointe Church with my family in Cambridge where I also, on occasion, play
on the worship team. I love ALL my church families!
Since March I have
been working part time at Westerberg Chiropractic in Cambridge as the assistant
to Dr. Westerberg. The rest of the week I clean houses in Cambridge as well as
Minneapolis. I’ve learned so much in the past year about who God is in every
season of life and who I am in Him. Now with the New Year upon us, I’m excited
to share what new opportunity I have!
As
some of you know, my brother Ben has been in Hawaii at Kauai Bible College
since January of this past year. When
Ben heard of an open position for a worship intern at the school this Spring, he
encouraged me to apply. I had never really
thought it was possible for me to attend because I’ve been so occupied with
working and keeping busy with my jobs here at home.
In October of this past year, I
attended a seminar for Worship leaders at Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Minneapolis. That weekend, my eyes were
opened all the more to the important position of the Worship Director/Music
Leader in the church. The Lord began to show me that I need to be investing
more time into my ministry of music. I began
praying and asking God to open my eyes to areas in my life that I need to work
on and that He would give me ideas to further my ministry. That same week my
brother Ben called to inform me that his plan was to come home for Christmas
then return to KBC for the Spring semester. He encouraged me to apply for an
internship position working with the worship director at the school!
Psalm 6:9 “The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.” The
Lord answers the prayers of His people! After
prayer, conversation with my parents and some good hard thinking, I sent in my
application and was accepted shortly after! The internship semester begins January
26th and ends May 18th.
Knowing
that I have friends and family at home that are on my team, holding me up in
prayer would be a wonderful thing! Please ask God to reveal Himself to me in
greater way while I’m there and that my heart would continue to long for His
presence. Pray that Ben and I would be guided by the Holy Spirit in all the
decisions we make. Pray that I would draw closer to Jesus and live in a way pleasing
to Him.
I am believing that The Lord will provide
for me in this situation in life as He always has in the past. He continues to
show Himself faithful and I continue to be amazed.
Thank you so much for taking the
time to read this letter and for your support. I’m very excited for this next
adventure in my life story. May The Lord bless you and keep you and make His
face to shine upon you and give you peace.
-Emily Clawson
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