Burning Vapor

A Blessed Board

The word ‘blessed’ has many meanings both positive and negative.  For example, if I say ‘That blessed Board of Directors is a pain in my neck’ – it is used in a negative context and accentuates my dislike for said Board of Directors.  However, if I say, “I am blessed by my Board of Directors” it changes the meaning significantly.  Not only does it sound differently coming off the tongue, but adds an element of thankfulness.

I am blessed by my Board of Directors. Quite honestly, I continually ask God if He knows what He is doing putting my in the position of Executive Director of anything.  Some days I have a hard time being the Exe. Director of my household let alone an organization that is being used by God to change the lives of children in Africa.  One of the great joys I have in this journey is working with an incredible bunch of people that I am surrounded by.  It’s really humbling because they are smarter than I am, more creative than I am, and have more experience doing what it is that I am supposed to be doing.  I seriously look at the Directors and think “God, shouldn’t he be doing this or she be doing this?”   So far God has said “No, I want you doing it” and so here I am.  It is one of the greatest privileges of my life and is most definitely a labor of love.

Applied specifically and loosely to my situation I am reminded of Hebrews 12:1-2:

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Raising money to help children that are not begging for their next meal on our doorstep but face a hopeless future thousands of miles away is a daunting task and one I could not embark on alone.  I am extremely thankful to be a small cog in the wheel that turns for the opportunity to be Jesus to children.

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