I really do enjoy spending time with people who have vision and are prepared to act on their vision. I was blessed yesterday to spend some time with a doctor and an Assistant District Attorney. Their vision: to touch the lives of orphan children. They are in the process of putting together a non-profit organization to build, fund and run an orphanage.
Sure, they could complain about the problems of children without parents or homeless or even overcrowded conditions in state run organizations. Instead they are taking personal responsibility to make a difference. It will not take time from their busy schedules. It will not take it, because it is time that they are willingly giving.
This is a great lesson for all of us, the strength of giving of ourselves. It is important to count the cost before we commit to a project. However, if we focus on what it takes alone, we miss the blessing of giving. The focus is not money, stuff or time. The focus is allowing God to move through us and find where we can serve and touch lives. Whatever talent or gifts we feel we have, using them to the glory of God will at some point end up allowing us to touch lives in ways we could barely dream of.
Let us always practice not letting the business of the day take our time. We can recapture the most precious of moments when we chose where the time is spent. Capture the morning and spend it reading God’s Word first and praying. The rest of the day will be more manageable when reflect what and where God wants us and then taking our time and talents and going there.
Copyright 2010 © Charles Lyons
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