How I Use My Spiritual Gifting

I never thought in a million years that I would write about my love of Jesus and be a part of an amazing ministry that gathers women together in fellowship. Remember, gals, there was a time when I wanted nothing to do with God. I was broken and incredibly sad, but then Jesus.

Ah yes, my favorite part of my testimony, but then Jesus. Let me tell you friends when it comes to the “but then Jesus…” well…that is simply when things get good. Jesus took my broken heart, and He is using me and my spiritual giftings to reach other women for His glory and His kingdom. What a blessing and an honor! And seriously, I am overjoyed that my testimony is being used to allow other women to meet Jesus for the first time.

For another woman to grow in a personal relationship with Jesus. And share with another woman the love that comes from having a relationship with Jesus. A ministry that I very much ran from and blatantly told God this is not something I can do. I kept pushing back, and Jesus pursued with more vigor. Let me tell you something, He did not stop there. He invited other women to stand beside me in this new adventure. Women I love dearly and who have become some of my dearest friends. He has not only inspired a ministry but an amazing sisterhood of Jesus-loving, coffee-drinking, praise report shoutin’, hands-raised worshippers on this side of Mississippi.

And time for a little truth; we all know that I was not “feeling this.” And here’s why I will just lay them right out in the open. In all honesty, other women can be catty and full of drama.

Women can bring out the best in other women, and they can bring out the worst. Yuck, and no thanks. You cannot make everyone happy. And lastly, I do not feel I am equipped. Well…this is another one of those sweet but Jesus moments. He stepped in and kept pushing for Chosen Women’s Ministry to move forward.

He equipped us as he saw fit. We have put Him first in all this ministry has to offer. We just want the ability to have women- both young and old- love, on each other, serve each other and simply do life together. We were thinking of an almost Godmotherly concept. Where older and younger alike can pour into each other. Please note, I did not say fairly godmother. I mean, that might be nice. Poof…and my house is cleaned with no effort from me…does sound appealing, but I digress again.

The basic concept is for women to come together and join in fellowship. We want to serve each other. Here is where the Godmother concept comes into play and is almost like a reverse Godmother concept too. Women from high school age and beyond to come together and just be in His presence. Here is a little premise as to how we got here. I was the oldest child, I always wanted an older sister. Someone to pour into me. I did not really have that growing up. I certainly did not have a woman who poured into me as a Christian woman who was unrelated to me. Grandma Rose and Aunt Glenda prayed A LOT behind the scenes. Well now, as a mother of a Junior in high school, I am seeing so much from other women pouring into my daughter and guiding her in her faith, like a Godmother if you will. I do not really think I realized the impact that we as women have on other women in our Faith walk before listening to Lisa Bevere discussing Godmothers. I cannot love this concept enough! It is so empowering to speak life into another woman regardless of where she is currently walking.

I have realized that God has used the combination of my love of Jesus and gifting in writing to reach women. I am blown away and humbled by the outpour of love and support that I continue to receive from family, friends and the sisterhood of believers. I love to use my real life to illustrate God does not call perfect Christians, but he equips us to world changers for His glory. My goal in my writing is to have women see Jesus through me, a woman who is far from perfect but runs to Jesus at every chance she gets.

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