About my Father's business

I have surrendered to the ministry. Good.
I have a clear direction of Gods will for my life for the next year and a half. Great.
I have a plan for my continued education after that. Awesome.
I even have a sense of what area of ministry God is calling me to for my life. Fantastic.
I work as an un-paid intern for the Youth Minister of my Church, and have no source of continued income with which to support myself. Uh-oh...

The truth is, I have never felt like I was more in Gods will for my life than when I decided to do this, but it seems like since I have done that all that has happened from the people I thought would support me is that they tell me how stupid an idea that is. What am I supposed to do with that?

Turn to scripture.In Luke 2 we read:
Every year Jesus' parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Feast of Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up as they always did for the Feast. When it was over and they left for home, the child Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but his parents didn't know it. Thinking he was somewhere in the company of pilgrims, they journeyed for a whole day and then began looking for him among relatives and neighbors. When they didn't find him, they went back to Jerusalem looking for him. The next day they found him in the Temple seated among the teachers, listening to them and asking questions. The teachers were all quite taken with him, impressed with the sharpness of his answers. But his parents were not impressed; they were upset and hurt. His mother said, "Young man, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been half out of our minds looking for you." - Luke 2 41-48 (MSG)

Now I know we've all heard this story, but that's the way I feel a majority of the time. I don't feel guilty at all about the amount of time I spend at the church, or that it sometimes does not allow me to participate in 'family events' that no one tells me about until two days before...despite my brothers best attempts to make me feel that way. The difference is that Mary and Joseph were scared and worried about Jesus. My family sometimes almost makes me out to be the black sheep.

Keep reading though, I love the rest of it.
He said, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I had to be here, dealing with the things of my Father?" But they had no idea what he was talking about. So he went back to Nazareth with them, and lived obediently with them. His mother held these things dearly, deep within herself. And Jesus matured, growing up in both body and spirit, blessed by both God and people. Luke 2: 49-52 (MSG)

It is sometimes translated as "in my fathers house", or "about my fathers business". Now don't get me wrong, I am no way comparing myself to Jesus, but that is an encouraging piece of scripture. I know that I am doing what God is calling me to do, and because I am being faithful to Him in that, He will be faithful to me in the future.

I am more happy and comfortable with what I am doing that I have ever been, and I know why. I am doing my best to be about my Father's business.