Sep. 30, 2007 - Making use of your gifts...
Two years ago when we were in the midst of a 6 months stay in a tourist park I was confronted with a dilemma. My husband had accepted a temorary teaching position, hoping this would lead to a permanent position later on. We put all our things in storage and moved to the Northern Highlands of New South Wales and into a tiny tourist cabin.
There were some really wonderful things about cabin living. You could only take the barest essentials with you so life was materially less cluttered. You became acutely aware of the comfort of others as you all squashed in to the room/cabin. You bought only the food you needed on a day to day basis so there was no waste or excess. You discovered it was possible to grow closer as a family, even after all those years of homeschooling.
But after lessons are done each day, what next? Well, being in a caravan park offered them daily opportunity to hone their Mini-Putt-Putt-Golf skills, develop hand/eye co-ordination in the daily Ping-Pong games, as well as the endless family Pool tournaments. Yes, we were overcome by ball games of one sort or another!
All this was well and good for the first month or so, but I hankered for something new, something for me. So I began to sew. I bought quilting magazines and began a journey that answered a deep longing in my heart - I finally discovered a way I could pour out all my pent up creative energy! Making that first quilt block felt like 'coming home'...it was the most natural thing.
Two years later and that love of sewing has merged itself so deeply into my being that to go a day without threading a needle, or cutting glorious fabric, is a day I regret.
I share this because I was 46 when I discovered my love of sewing. It chnaged my life...it broadened my ability to give to others, it opened up to me doors in my mind that I felt were firmly shut. The creative doors. I cried out to God for 10 years beforehand to allow me a creative spirit - and in His time He showed me the way to use the gifts He had given me long before the earth was made.
What are you wanting to do in the future? What dreams and abilities do you have that you have not challenged or discovered? Pray. Find out. Then use them to bring joy to others and yourself!
If you would like to see some of my work you can go to my quilting blog.
Dream, ladies....dream. :-)
Comments
Oct. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Robin
Jenny~~How are you? I've been thinking about you all weekend.
I'm heading over to your quilting blog now.
Oct. 5, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by naturalpaths
I've visited your quilting blog before, but didn't realize it was yours. I think I found it using the random blog button if I remember correctly.
You are very talented - gorgeous work!
