Available
Last night I had the pleasure of hosting a table at our church’s annual “get ready for the holidays” event. It was so much fun. You can see my table above – I did a Charlie Brown theme. Walgreen’s has these little Charlie Brown Christmas trees for $9.99 if you are interested. I’m excited to work it into my house decorations with the lines I have framed from the movie. The Charlie Brown Christmas movie is one of my favorite things about Christmas.
Anyway, the speaker (Jeanne Beckman) did a great job and I LOVED what she said about being available. This quote will forever stick in my head…
God is not as interested in our ability as He is in our availability.
God really used her as a confirmation to me with regard to the www.allaboutHim.cc ministry. She said she gets her planning done ahead of time so she can be available during the holiday season. Available to be the hands, eyes, ears, feet…of Christ.
Being buried in busyness steals that away from us. What an amazing birthday gift we are giving Christ when we get the “pre” in prepare and leave ourselves available to go, serve, bless, host, listen to, help, hug and minister to those He puts in our path.
He wants to use us and I for one want to be available.
November 17th, 2009 at 9:48 am
Mmmm, that is a good quote. Especially at the holidays. Your table looked great. That is such a cute theme. I’d love to hear more about your church’s event. We have just started having a women’s meeting at church once every other month so I am looking for ideas! =D