Confessions of a Middle Aged Drama Queen
Oh, I had such fun! I was asked to present an impact moment at church today, and decided props were in order, and well, I just had a blast.
We are gearing up for our Faith in Action Campaign, where we will be going out and being church in our community. As a prelude to this weekend event, which will be held the last weekend of September, different members of the congregation have been presenting "impact moments" sharing different insights of faith they have had. Not one to miss an opportunity to share (did I miss my calling as a performer?) I volunteered. I have to admit, until I pull my thoughts together I do experience a little bit of stress over preparing, but it generally turns out fine.
So I gave three snapshots of moments or stories that had meaning to me in terms of teaching me a bit more about following Christ and how to and not to emulate him. My desire was to both encourage and challenge others.
My objective was to illustrate ways in which either we have an impact on others, or they have an impact on us, with the ultimate desire to impact God's kingdom.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the LORD and not men." (Colossians 3:23). In other words, remember who your boss is.
Along with that, it is worth remembering to clothe ourselves in humility and to do nothing out of selfish ambition.
With that, I dramatized the story of the ugly American passenger on my flight to Honduras trying to stuff his overstuffed bag into the overhead compartment. I demonstrated complete with a pile of "carry on" luggage, pillow and computer case. I think my girls were both mortified and annoyed that I used their bags to illustrate my point.
My second snapshot was to talk about the incredible hospitality I experienced last weekend at the wedding. I made sure I wore the dress to church that I wore to the wedding...I commented about how I was definitely out of my comfort zone, but then again, isn't that just like God to invite us to those places out of our comfort zone; the question is,what will we do with that invitation?
And then I talked about giving God our best and the incredible junk for Jesus I saw in Honduras and wrapped up with a wonderful challenge issued by a pastor at a church in Colorado I read about in Rev! Magazine, where he invited the congregants to leave their coats that they wore that day, their best Sunday coats, not leftovers, for homeless people in their community. Beautiful...
I loved sharing and was even forgiven for exceeding my time limit. Now that's grace!
We are gearing up for our Faith in Action Campaign, where we will be going out and being church in our community. As a prelude to this weekend event, which will be held the last weekend of September, different members of the congregation have been presenting "impact moments" sharing different insights of faith they have had. Not one to miss an opportunity to share (did I miss my calling as a performer?) I volunteered. I have to admit, until I pull my thoughts together I do experience a little bit of stress over preparing, but it generally turns out fine.
So I gave three snapshots of moments or stories that had meaning to me in terms of teaching me a bit more about following Christ and how to and not to emulate him. My desire was to both encourage and challenge others.
My objective was to illustrate ways in which either we have an impact on others, or they have an impact on us, with the ultimate desire to impact God's kingdom.
"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the LORD and not men." (Colossians 3:23). In other words, remember who your boss is.
Along with that, it is worth remembering to clothe ourselves in humility and to do nothing out of selfish ambition.
With that, I dramatized the story of the ugly American passenger on my flight to Honduras trying to stuff his overstuffed bag into the overhead compartment. I demonstrated complete with a pile of "carry on" luggage, pillow and computer case. I think my girls were both mortified and annoyed that I used their bags to illustrate my point.
My second snapshot was to talk about the incredible hospitality I experienced last weekend at the wedding. I made sure I wore the dress to church that I wore to the wedding...I commented about how I was definitely out of my comfort zone, but then again, isn't that just like God to invite us to those places out of our comfort zone; the question is,what will we do with that invitation?
And then I talked about giving God our best and the incredible junk for Jesus I saw in Honduras and wrapped up with a wonderful challenge issued by a pastor at a church in Colorado I read about in Rev! Magazine, where he invited the congregants to leave their coats that they wore that day, their best Sunday coats, not leftovers, for homeless people in their community. Beautiful...
I loved sharing and was even forgiven for exceeding my time limit. Now that's grace!
Labels: drama, Faith in Action, giving, Rev magazine, serving
posted by www.kathypride.com at
9:23 PM
2 Comments:
Okay, alright already! I feel horribly guilty everytime you speak of junk for Jesus. I have done this! I have also donated many fine things, even designer clothes and shoes. But I always was thinking if I had nothing, I'd be glad for a shirt with a missing button or pants with a little stain on the leg. I don't give anything that should actually be thrown away. The good news, though, is that as I get smaller, I intend on donating everything that my former fat self wore. Not much yet, but I am confident there will be an entire wardrobe soon.
Today I walked another 20 minutes than I usually do. I can't wait until Jeff gets home and measures my walk on Google Earth. Since I usually walk three miles in 65-70 minutes (includes many sniff-and-pee stops for Billy), I figure I must have added another mile. It was easy, too.
Love,
Katy
Oh, Katy! I think it's wonderful that you donate your old things to others who can use them, and I agree that often something worn is better than nothing at all. But what I witnessed bordered on really gross. And I have to admit in the past having given some things that I would no longer consider acceptable. That's why I love Hand Up Foundation so much, becuase they make that judgement and have markets for what they don't sell in their discount center. Some goes overseas, some gets ragged, and who knows what else. So I don't mean to be beating a dead horse :)
Good for you with the walking, keep it up!
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