What this post is about is bacon. OK, I'll stop. Last night I began volunteering at my church. I'd been looking forward to it and while I didn't do much I REALLY enjoyed it! I helped (with other folks) to work with mentally challenged adults to read bible verses and do an assignment based on what we read.
I wish I could have done more, but hopefully this was just the beginning. Since I can't work because of the stroke, volunteering (especially for my church) seems like the next logical step!! I want to volunteer more with the disAbilities group and other groups as the opportunities are presented to me.
I was the surfing the Intraweb (that's a made up word, but you can use it) this morning a read a verse that applied somewhat to volunteering. It was Proverbs 11:25. It says: "Be generous and you will be prosperous. Help others, and you will be helped." I don't know about prosperous part for me right now, but I hope I helped last night!!
Lord, let me get more opportunities to help others and bless me with the thrill of helping other people. Amen.
7 comments:
Love volunteering! It's such fun and makes you feel fabulous. :)
It really does!!! :)
Sweet, bro!
The odd thing is that we are blessed by God, yet his will is the thing a believer always ends up doing. I wouldn't change the wheelchair aspects (most of the time anyway) of my life. The reward is when someone facing a similar burden can be helped by my knowledge of it. The reward and payback is knowing you made a difference...that we cannot see now but realize later.
Michael
Thank you so much for all your help last night!!! Your patience with our participants was welcome and greatly appreciated. I look forward to the next time that you can be with our group. Also - I would love to meet your wife and your family. Sharon
Sharon - I will get them out of the car!! :) I look forward to next week!!!
Ralph: Amen, brother!!
Volunteering is a wonderful thing. Glad it was so rewarding for you!
Wonderful post ;-)
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