Lately, I have really been wondering what God has wanted me to do with this stage in my life. The old "but I'm just a mom, what can *I* do". At a Women's Meeting of my church in Texas we were going around talking about prayer requests and so on. One of mine was for a best friend. But then someone in the group said "now now, keep your mind open, it might be a group of friends" and I laughed and said I would. Then we were joking around while still taking prayer requests. I said something about how I love to talk, to get up and say something. I jokingly said I wanted to be a famous national speaker but I didn't know WHAT I would be speaking about!! As each took her turn with their prayer requests this really sat on my heart. I wanted to say something, but WHAT? How? And it kept coming back to me that God would show me what and how…I just had to ask him. But I have been a little afraid to ask. In my minds eye, people that stand up to talk are funny, have stories that make people laugh, cry or really think about things. What did I have? I knew I wanted to serve but how. So that has been on my mind and heart a LOT lately.
Tonight I was scrolling through some email and came across a devotional I didn't read yesterday. I'm going to post it here in just a sec. I read it and it all came clear in one of those ways that God just hands you everything perfectly. I wanted to share this because I know as mom's we all struggle with the daily doldrums of "is there anything else to do besides clean my dirty toilet AGAIN" (wait, that sounds like a book title!!!). I look at my life and I see boring. But I'm not looking at my life as Jesus see's it. He has given me such wonderful things to talk about! Healing, Money, Kids. We ALL have a testimony…even if it's about dirty toilets. I actually have a friend that takes pride in how clean her toilet it is. But you know….I can't count how many times Jesus has come to me while ON the toilet…hahahahahaha. Or for each of our kids. How many times have our children been sick…right in those toilets…and we reach out a hand to them and ask Jesus to heal their tummies. Everything in our lives can be used! Who knows, maybe someday I will be a famous speaker. Of course, I may only be famous to my friends or family…but that's ok! I just wanted to encourage everyone that even the least of what we do is GREAT in God's Kingdom. You never know who's life you might touch…even your own.
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