Comments on: Does it matter?

By: Jean Wise

Jean Wise — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 02:45:30 +0000

Lisa good example of discernment. You were open, you listened, you waited, you answered the call. Great witness here too.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 21:56:00 +0000

I hear God saying, “It matters.” So I’m in.

Exactly, Lisa. I want to remember that one for a long long time.

By: tcavey

tcavey — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 18:12:31 +0000

Wonderful post!
I so often feel inadequate, but then I remember it’s not really about what I can do, but about what God can do through me when I allow Him.

If I could do it on my own, I wouldn’t need God and He would be left out. Instead, I know I can’t do it and then all glory goes to Him.

It’s amazing how our perception of “can” and “can’t” change when we see things through God’s eyes.
He can do anything with a willing heart.

By: Ceil

Ceil — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 16:46:05 +0000

Hi Lisa! I just did a post on giving your gifts. So many are discouraged because they see the work as too huge, or that there are too many doing it already. God has empowered you with a love for holding hands and crying and praying with families. Wow. Not everyone can do that.

I have a little saying on my bookshelf: “Do whatever most kindles love in you.” by St. Teresa of Avila
I’m glad you decided to do that.
Blessings,
Ceil

By: Jennifer Dougan

Jennifer Dougan — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 04:34:50 +0000

Lisa,

It’s nice to be here again. Floyd mentions you in his post too.

Your lines here: “So I’m in. Even though I am inadequate for it.” strike me the most tonight. Yes, me too, for the things God is putting on my heart too. Thanks for this reminder.

Jennifer Dougan
http://www.jenniferdougan.com

By: rachel lee

rachel lee — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 02:34:31 +0000

compelling and powerful, as always with you, Lisa dear.

By: Holly Barrett

Holly Barrett — Tue, 04 Feb 2014 01:23:36 +0000

Oh, Lisa, how wonderful to hear that you lean in, even when you feel inadequate. It’s not our natural response is it? But it’s the response that I want to always give. Thanks for the encouragement!

By: Caleb Suko

Caleb Suko — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:47:19 +0000

Lisa, I appreciate you sharing your story and your felt inadequacies. I have realized that some of the greatest ways God has used me is in areas I felt inadequate, but maybe that’s exactly why I had to trust God and he produced the results.

By: Joe Pote

Joe Pote — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:26:24 +0000

I love this post, Lisa! Encouraging and convicting all at the same time!

Thank you for sharing this with us.

By: bluecottonmemory

bluecottonmemory — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:03:01 +0000

I became certified in Don and Katie Fortune’s Discover Your God-Given Gifts – and as I taught it to various groups, and developed activities – I realized that each job needs all the gifts working. Even the nursery needs all the gifts working – If a child were to choke, you would need the Perceiver to recognize it, the Organizer to organize, the teacher to teach people the life-saving maneurver, the server to actually do it, the Exhorter to encourage the team, the giver to make sure everything was that was needed and to fill if a gift was absent – and the compassion person would hold the child, empathize and comfort. We are not called to be all the gifts – we are called to be who we were designed to be – there is a place for that gift on every team. The most successful teams have all the gifts working!