"But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd." (Matthew 9:36) It seems like it was only a short-time ago that I accepted the call from the Lord into ministry. To be perfectly honest, it was a call that I ran from for many years. Like so many others, I tried to deal with the conviction from the Holy Spirit by filling my life with things of no eternal value. I was on a dead end road until the day came that God put a roadblock in my path and I turned around. The memories of those early days are still fresh. You see, I knew the difference between right and wrong, I simply chose wrong. I had a godly mother who prayed and fasted for me, and had been married almost two years when I stopped running from God and started running toward Him. My father returned to the Lord, mostly brought on by the sudden and unexpected death of my older bro...