The world is just so noisy! And it's noisy with some great noise. There is every kind of ministry and movement in the Christian world. Most are wonderful causes and callings — from feeding the poor, housing the homeless, freeing those trapped in slavery, living radically and speaking boldly.
I may want to THROW myself into every SINGLE one of these ministries — but I can't give everything my all. There's just not enough ALL to go around. Certainly, I'm called to meet the needs the Lord places before me — but I'm talking about ALL OUT investing my time, energy and self into a ministry.
It seems as if we jump from great cause to great cause — and hey, maybe the Lord is calling you to jump and if so…girl JUMP!! But I wonder if there are times when we jump just to fit in. I know I've done it. I want to be in with the crowd. I want to hang out with the cool kids and be accepted.
But the Lord doesn't always call me to that. Sometimes He places me elsewhere — a place that doesn't have a crowd; a place that isn't well known; a calling that won't be on anyone's twitter feed or facebook status.
I'm talking about that today on this latest vlog. I hope you'll take a listen and a look — since I'm sporting a retro 1950s look (with a purpose….aw, but you have to watch to figure it all out)
Mary girl you look absolutely gorgeous! But most importantly, loved your message. One that I for sure needed today!!!! Hugs!!!!
Love you girlie!!
Hey Mary, or is it June Cleaver? Anyway, loved your thoughts here. Some days I walk away from all the good Christian “buzz” on the Internet and feel diminished in what I’m doing for Jesus.
Every one is pushing something . . . market overload most days. I hope to arrive at the point in my journey of saying, “This is me; this is what I’m doing; this is what I’m learning; this is how I’m growing. This is enough.”
You’re a wonderful influence, Mary, and I appreciate your wisdom.
peace~elaine
You are so right, Mary! For me, it’s important to focus on that one thing that God is calling me to do…it may not be the most popular “IT” thing at the time, but if it’s my calling then that really shouldn’t matter, should it?! I find that I can’t be involved in lots of different things at once…it’s too distracting for me.
One of my favorite quotes, by Edward Everett Hale, goes like this:
“I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
If I focus on doing the “something” that God has called me to do, I feel that it’s just as important – an much more effective – than trying to do lots of the trendy, popular things just for show.
I loved this segment, and loved your glamorous look. You weren’t around in the ’50’s? Don’t rub it in, girlie! 😉
Hey girl — I BARELY missed the 50s… barely! And I love the quote — thanks for sharing.
So well said…and the correlation to the time we were born vs the time we would’ve LIKED to be born…WOW. That’s a wonderful lesson in itself. One I needed to hear, as I so often find myself looking back at when things were {easier, simpler, more innocent, better-dressed…} than they are now, EVEN WHEN I WASN’T EVEN THERE TO KNOW FOR SURE. Wow, again. But you know what? I’m still going to wear a rockin’ brooch today on my sweater…and maybe pearls…;)
Good stuff, Mary!
You’re beautiful, you inspire me, & you make me smile. Girl … you have got it going *on*!! 🙂
Well, everything (except my clothes) on me is authentic 50’s!!!
Loved the look ~ I, too, love that era. (I even went through the phase of buying vintage clothes on e-bay, lol…even though I could not fit my bum in them ~ I just liked looking at them. I have gotten rid of most, thankfully.)
Anyways ~ I am a “be-er” in a “do-er” world….and I struggle with that quite a bit. I am an introvert, an intercessor, and working on a book project that I think the Lord has given me ~ so, I am home alot, and I feel guilty that I should be out there “just-a-doin’.” Although, I am involved in Women’s Ministry ~ I still fight the American culture’s philosophy of “go,go,go and do,do, do.”
But, I am getting better and stronger and OK with it everyday. God only made 25% of us introverts…so, He made me who I am and I am embracing it. The extroverts can handle more of the “doin,” right?
My concern is that perhaps it makes me too self-absorbed. And, I try to check that. Yes, I know I am selfish, and I try to work on that, as well. But, hopefully…the blooms for which He designed for me in my garden are in all stages of budding to blossoming.