Bold works for Christ
By Jessica Connor
I am consistently heartened when I learn about — and get the opportunity to write about — people who are doing novel and extraordinary things for the Kingdom.
A lot of times, they don't think they're doing so much. I'm just knitting, a woman will tell me, her head tucked shyly; yet to the homeless veteran who wears the soft gloves that her hands lovingly crafted, her skill means the difference between a cruel night and comfort.
Take a look at this month s Advocate, and you ll find a wealth of examples. A man called to grow the Kingdom by starting a motorcycle ministry. A woman who spends hours in the hottest months of the year picking blueberries, then donating every penny to ministry. Mission workers who risk their lives in a gang-ridden South American city to build some people a church.
These folks are doing great works for the Lord. They re using the gifts He gave them, whether talent with a needle and thread or the sharp-eyed skill of a carpenter, to do things: make prayer shawls for cancer patients, sew pillowcase dresses for kids in Haiti, build wheelchair ramps for disabled elderly, write letters to legislators, feed the hungry, clothe the poor.
God has given us gifts, and sometimes, we cannot even recognize them.