The Way Matt Sees It

I work at Starbucks, and for real they call me, “Batman” and “Mattman.”   The best part is that I’ve never even told anyone to do that.   They just know what’s up ;-)   We actually had a new hire come on and joke that he was Batman, and everyone immediately corrected him, “No dude, Matt is Batman.   Get that right.”   I thought it was hilarious (and amazing, and appropriate). I was telling this to a friend, saying how proud I was that everyone at work calls me Batman and I’ve never even told anyone to do that.   But I wondered why.   If I’ve never told anyone to do that, how do people know that I love being called “Batman” (this has happened at two different places I work at)?    My friend responded like it was obvious: “Matt, you just ooze Batman.   It’s like it just comes out of you.” SECRET IDENTITY I thought his response was kind of funny, and to him it was pretty obvious.   But it had me thinking.   What if ...

For a good while I was fighting thoughts of inadequacy.  I began working at Searchlight Church as youth pastor during my sophomore year of college.  I drove two hours every single Sunday morning from Pennsylvania to the Jersey Shore.  During that commute, I was bombarded by thoughts of inadequacy. You have to understand, I was driving from Valley Forge Christian College .   VFCC is the hub of ministry-hungry students ready to serve their guts out for God.   So how the heck did I become the youth pastor at Searchlight?   I had no idea what I was doing.   I wasn’t the right major.   I wasn’t ready.   I didn’t have enough experience.   All four pastors who worked at the church had years of previous youth ministry experience.   They could have chosen anyone ; how did it end up being me? A QUICK DETOUR TO ONE HOBBIT’S ADVENTURE "I'm looking for someone to share in an adventure." -Gandalf, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journe...