First, I want to share with you a family photo taken last night. We had it taken by our neighbor to submit for the new church directory currently being assembled. I know there are some reading this that have never met anyone in our family personally so here we are. (Notice the white spots on the photo? Those would be from the snowball fight we got into on Sunday when I had the camera in my pocket...sigh. Oh well, we had fun.)
We just returned this evening from Collin's choir concert. Collin(back row, far left in the photo) has this amazing, deep, bass voice-something I don't notice in the day to day but as soon as he gets in front of a microphone it is obvious how low and rich his voice is compared to the others. Tomorrow night our church youth group has a meeting for any teens interested in helping lead praise and worship during the youth group services. Collin has decided to attend that. We are proud to see him wanting to use the gift God has given him to serve God.
Shannon also mentioned to Collin tonight that often radio stations like those deep voices, hinting at the fact that his voice may come in handy when we someday get the radio station up and running in Tanzania. In case you aren't aware from previous posts, the ministry we are working with is also communicating with a local Christian radio station that wants to provide programming for us over there. They already provide programming to about 10 stations in Uganda, Ghana and other locations in Africa. Collin currently knows more Swahili than anyone in our family so that may be another reason to put him on the radio.
Anyway, as fun as it is for Shannon and I as parents to watch Collin wanting to use his God given gifts for God, I can only imaging how rewarding it must be for God to see each of us do so. What is your gift? I encourage you to find out and then search for a way to use it if you aren't already.
"We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him live generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully." Romans 12:6-8
2 comments:
What a gorgeous FAMILY and what a BEAUTIFUL post!!!
Blessings,
Renee
Hey, I think the picture is great snowballs and all!
How fun you have your child start in a ministry! I love watching my kids lead in the church. They are in drama and worship team. Serving is fun and fulfilling, and sometimes work, but they do that, too.
It makes a Mommy proud.
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