This last week was 'Volunteer Appreciation Week' and I am proud to say that my volunteering was recognized on two occasions. Teusday evening the Upper Room Soup Kitchen had a volunteer appreciation night, and we all got certificates and cake. Then yesterday, Harvest House had a little party type thing after the prayer meeting for all who have volunteered with this ministry. T'was good times indeed. Here are some pics from that event.
It is an intimidating thing when God tells you that He wants you to work full-time; but not for a salary. When He tells you that He will employ you, and provide for you. I may not have oodles of money flowing out of my bank account (yet) but I've never been this happy or inwardly content in all my days. THAT is true prosperity. Kingdom work. There's nothing better than it.
So many of us waste away our lives working towards what we don't really want. So many in our society trade away HAPPINESS for SECURITY. This is an awful misuse of our lives. In the name of SECURITY we sacrifice dreams that we have had since childhood. We lay them aside as we work towards what society has driven into our minds, over and over, time after times. Break free from this stronghold. Lay hold of that which God has already prepared for you. Many times a life with God is a life of "not knowing what comes next". Sound scary? What sounds scary to me is 60 more years of complacency, and indifference, before I die with regrets too many too count.
Oh yeah, this post is about volunteering. Sorry. You know, everyone should volunteer at least a couple hours a week to something they believe contributes to the advancemant of their communities.
"All go, no whoa!!", a great theologian once said. T'is a good word indeed.
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