So I started this blog over 4 years ago to hopefully be a blessing to others with similar "ministries". Sadly life happened and I haven't done anything with this blog in over 4 years. Well I guess there's no time like the present to pick up where I started and move forward. To catch everyone up on what's been going on the last 4 years, my life has changed... a lot! I have graduated from college (FINALLY) and now work as a Mobility Specialist. What's a Mobility Specialist? I provide IT support for iPads for the pilots of a large shipping company... a purple and orange one :). I am still the webmaster for Rosemark Pentecostal Church in addition to being the Church Secretary, on the Praise Team, and in the choir. My Photography business has slowed down quite a bit and I have picked up a new hobby... I now crochet.... A LOT.
I never really thought about my crochet
addiction hobby as a ministry until a couple days ago when our Ladies' group was studying Tabitha (Dorcas). You see Tabitha was a seamstress. She made clothing for the poor and was known for her giving heart. She was a true disciple of God. When she died, the impact her life had on those around her became more than apparent. Her life made so much of an impact that the mourners went out and found Peter and brought him to her. Peter went to her, prayed for her and told her to "get up". And she did! (Even in death she obeyed the minister!) Tabitha's story can be found in Acts 9:36-42.
As we read the story of Tabitha, I realized that helping others, even if by nothing more than making an article of clothing as a gift, makes a huge impact. Even if that impact isn't immediately apparent, the impact is there and can be lasting. Of course my husband and daughter don't it that way, they just see the amount of yarn strewn about my house :). None the less, I was encouraged to know that sometimes a ministry can be something as small as making clothes for others, or just being helpful to someone with a need. Tabitha's story also got me thinking and wondering about how people would react to my death. Did I make a big enough impact in life that my death is mourned by people other than my relatives? It may sound narcissistic but in reality my hope is that I make a big enough impact for God that my ministry lives on even after my death (which isn't going to be for a long time I hope!). Tabitha made me stop and examine my life and my ministry and really think about what kinds of changes I need to make so that I am impacting those around me for the good.
