Have you ever begun the day feeling a burden to get something done? That is me today. I woke up and listened to a teaching from Isaiah 15-17, titled Weep for Them. As I went about the day more news, more request for prayers, and more joy followed me.
These days come and go. The fires that rage in the world come in various forms. It may be in the workplace, in the home, in the community, and at times- in the church. The fires that burn in me and those that I care for can lay heavy on my the heart and mind. It is those moments when the stomach begins to churn, the tears make their way to my eyes, and my neck and shoulders become tense. And the question is presented- what can I do to extinguish the fire from within?
I must come to the LORD in prayer and seek his quietness, his peace, his wisdom and his direction. I must come out of my comfort zone and walk with intentional faith to be a disciple for Christ. I must use the skills and gifts I have been blessed with to walk along side others.
I am grateful to have others to walk along side me. There is a community of health ministers that stand ready to be there for others. It is a community of people that comes in various forms. They are nutritionist, musicians, artists, healthcare professionals, barbers, stay at home parents, lawyers, accountants, coaches, outreach works,health promoters and many others.
I am most grateful for the words in Isaiah 11:3. “and he will delight in the fear of the Lord. He will not judge what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears…” I am grateful for a God that is just.
I am grateful for the gift, skills, and talents that have been given to me to walk alongside others with empathy. That I may see beyond the visible and listen beyond the words for God’s guidance in how to care for others. For if I walked by my own accord, my intentional path would wander off to some far off wilderness where I see and hear the faults and not the glory that is within everyone of us.
Lord, thank you for the peace you provide. Thank you for the prayers that come by the leading of your Holy Spirit. Thank you for showing me the intentional path you have laid out- ” To love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.'” Matthew 22:37-39
Always grateful,
Walking In Your Gifts 