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Using our talents for God

8/3/2018

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  ( Reposting a blog post that was orginally written on my older blog in 2016.  Be and sure to read the update at the bottom of the post! )
There is nothing that means more to me than using my life to serve and honor God and be a blessing to others. It is my highest goal and greatest desire in life!


 Apart from being a wife and mother- which is in its self a very great and honorable role along with being a huge responsibility to boot, I have been praying about what other areas or things the Lord might have for me to do. This has really intensified in the last couple of years.


   Last year I had had the great privilege of helping to organize and plan an Above Rubies Ladies Retreat in our area. This year I am organizing an Above Rubies Family Camp. Super excited about that, and having lots of fun working on the all the details that it involves.


  It has been in the back of my mind for some time now about writing a couple of books. And it has been more and more on my mind lately, though I just don't see how it is going to happen. Praying that if this is the Lord's idea and not just mine, He will show me how I am to make that a reality.
   The books I am wanting to write is a devotional, and the other a book of promises from Psalm. The book of devotionals will be composed largely of my writings here as well as more writings I have been busy at lately in my notebook.  The book of promises form Psalms will be filled with beautiful pictures, and then verses from Psalms that will be organized in categories. I already have my categories are written down, and lots of ideas for it in my head!!


   A new thing that has been on my mind a lot lately is starting a website ministry. I have this blog that has been a wonderful blessing for me.  I feel though maybe I could do more on a website, and reach more people that way as well. So praying for the Lord's direction in that. I will share that here soon as I do have a website. I will try to link the two together or something.


     Another thing I would love to do is to be able to sing better and to be able to speak comfortably in front of a big crowd.  Anyone who was at the ladies retreat last year will know my lack of speaking skills!! And I certainly did not dare lead in singing! I would so love to though! That is one of my dreams by the way. I am committed to practice singing with my children every day. A new goal of mine for this year. Practice makes perfect, right!? And every time I read to the children I pretend that I am speaking to a group of ladies!! That should work right!?


   I know that we all have different talents, and it could very well be singing and speaking is not mine, and never will be. But I am concerned about being guilty of having talents and not using them or using my time wisely. I believe the more we use our talents to bless God with, the more He will bless us with talents.


       We all have talents or gifts that we excel in, and they all differ from one another. What is important is that we use them always and only for God.
 May you be a blessing to God and to those around you with your time and talents!
 In Him,
Mae
​ ( p.s. update Agu. 3, 2018. Since the time I had written the above blog post I have felt God calling me to speaking and I have had a couple opurtuties now, and I did so much better than I did at that ladies retreat mention here. I can not wait to see what all God has planned for me in thies area in my futuer. Right now I am currently enrolled in a Christian life coach course, and after the completetion of that I will be taking the Life Coach speaking course. Then I will be a certified Life Coach Speaker. I am so excaited!! I love how God opens doors!! Look what God can do with a shy girl like me! He can do it for you too! He is very amazing!)
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newsy video blog post

5/27/2018

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 Hi, Here is a video blog post from my house to yours! You will be sure to be blessed!!
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 It had been a couple months since I did one, and it's the first one for here in Texas. I had really been anxious to do one, and finally got a quite moment and just done it!!!  May you enjoy it!
 This video post is not one particular subject, but more of an update on us and me, and what I have been up to lately. This video is a bit long, and I admit maybe even boring at the front, but hang in there the really good stuff is in the middle and end of it!
On this video you will.....
~ hear how the children beat this Texas heat!
~ see me show and tell about my latest project.
~ hear me brag on my first graduate from our home-school!!!
~ be inspired to dream big! If your dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough!
~  be hearing me talk about my newest venture and how it is I've been inspired to do it, and how God has been confirming it again and again! God doesn't call the qualified, but He qualifies the called!
~ be encouraged to not only do the hard things, but the seemly impossible things God has called you to do! Remember all things are possible with God!
~ be inspired as I talk about how our life is gift, and not to be taken for granted or merrily wasted. Our time is something to be invested not spent!
~ be encouraged and comforted if you have experienced the tragic loss of a child. There is hope in Christ.
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  So watch. Enjoy! And please share it with your family or friends!

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Speaking in my future?

5/7/2018

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  In a recent blog post titled, I can Write, I mentioned how after many years of feeling I didn't have any talents for ministry it finally sank in that I can write, and that in-fact I am not only a writer but also an author! That is pretty exciting!

  There is something else that I would love to do one day as well. Though I guess it can not be considered a talent since far as I know I have absolutely no talent in that area. No experience, no training, no nothing! But none the less I am hoping that speaking is in my future. I just love hearing great speakers! And I would love to be one of them!

 Just recently I got to attend a Priscilla Shirer  simulcast event at a little church here in Texas and hear her speak. She is a very powerful and an amazing speaker! I am fascinated on how she can do what she does so exceptional well!! Love it!!
   I have enjoyed other great speakers as well over the years. I love how they speak so well, deliver a super powerful message, and just flow a long in the message so seemingly effortlessly and smoothly. Speakers like that have always really intrigued me. Either their ability has come with years of experience or they are just born with the gift and talent of speaking!! I don't know what it is, but I greatly admire it!


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 Even though speaking in front of a crowd scares me, I am desiring it. ( I know, call me crazy ) But I am hoping very much the Lord opens a door for me in that area some how and sometime. Only since this past year has that really been on my heart though. And I feel like God has to have put it there because I certainly never in the past have  had been open to the idea of speaking. And If the Lord has put it there then I believe He will open a door for me, and not only that, but equip me as well to be able to speak in front of a crowd. I keep praying almost everyday for that.
 


 
The only experience I've had of speaking so far was a few times. The first time was at an Above Rubies Ladies Retreat I helped to organize in 2015. I was going to open the evening with a greeting and introduce our speaker, Nancy Campbell. So there I was the very first time standing on a stage and holding a mic. Well needless to say I was flopped. 
  The second time was at an Above Rubies family camp I organized the following year. This time I knew that I was not good at getting up in front of the crowd, so ahead of time I asked our speakers ( Nancy and Colin Campbell ) if they would just open the evening and introduce them selves!! Plus there was a family who helped with any announcements, help with the door prizes,and such that needed to be done through-out the weekend. So I didn't have to do too much of that, and it all went well enough.
  The next and last time that I spoke was last summer of 2017 at Riverside Bible Camp in front of a group teens. And I have to say that though I was so worried and nervous about it, I was also excited to have the opportunity to do it, and went pretty well!! Thanks to lots of prayers! And that is around the time I really got thinking, "you know I like this". "I want to do this". You can read the blog post on that experience here. It was wonderful for me to get to do that. I got to share about our son Clayton who passed away that spring and had been a camper at that Bible Camp for 5 summers in a row. I also talked about the shortness of life and how we need to be ready to the meet the Lord, and a message of hope that we have through Christ. You can read the message here. ​
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  When I hear different speakers I not only listen to their message, but also pay close attention to how they do it, and if they look at their notes much. And am always curious if they had special training in speaking, or just started in and got better as they went, or simply born with that gift?  I have watched speaking tips on you-tube and  have been trying to learn all I can.  And then just praying and waiting on the Lord about it. Trying to wait patiently.
     
  Sure I may be crazy to pursue something of this nature since I don't have a very obvious talent in this area. And especially since I have always been a very shy girl growing up, and have a very quiet nature. 
 But I don't believe a person should be held back by those kind of things nor by fear. 
 
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So if you feel like there is something you want to do like this, or a desire has been put on your heart for it. Then pursue it in prayer, and see how God leads.  You may not have all the talents and abilities that you need at the time, but if it's the Lord's will He will give you what you need, and provide a way to make it all happen. 
 Give God what you got, even if it seems quite meager, and you will be surprised what He can do with it! He just needs a willing vessel and a voice to speak through! Moses did not feel qualified or cable of going before Pharaoh and speaking to him on behalf of the Israelite people, but God told him to go. So Mosses went. And God provided! 
 As the saying goes, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called!
 Also someone wise has said, "If your dream doesn't scare you then you haven't dreamed big enough!
 So dream big, step out in faith, and He will provide a way!
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 In Him, Mae

 And remember your talent is God's gift to you, and what you do with your talent is your gift to God!
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I can Write!

5/1/2018

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  For many years I have felt that I did not have any talents that I could use for the ministry as many other ladies do.
 I had never learned to play an instrument, I can't sing good, I wasn't a speaker or a teacher, not a artist, and not an author.
 But it has finally dawned on me after 8 years of blogging that I can write!! Did you hear that, "I can write!" And I guess I am an author now too, because I have 3 self-published books!! WooHoo!!
 Who would have thought? The girl with no talents has found her talents!!
 I had always enjoyed writing when I was younger, not essays or school reports or anything like that, but I loved writing letters. As teen I wrote lots of letters to several pen-pals that I had, as well as to family and relatives. I loved wording things in ways that would make every-day happenings  sound more exciting, and being creative in my letter writing.
  It wasn't until I was married and a young mother with 4 children that I took to blogging. ( I actually never even heard of the term blogging until then ) By that time I no longer had extra free time to write letters to family and relatives, and my pen-pals had fazed out already for a few years. I didn't rightfully have time to blog either, but since I treated it as my little ministry spot, I just took the time.

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 Still I hadn't considered my self a writer though. And even when I self-published my first book I never thought of my self as an author! Because that just wasn't who I was. That's what ever one else did, but not me. I was just a stay at home mom with no talents!
 But I guess I do have a bit of talent. I can lay pen to paper or my fingers to the key-broad and the words just seem to flow! In fact the words seem to just come at times when I am not purposely writing, and then I have to run grab paper and pen or I loose my thoughts.
 But it's not me. It is all God. I couldn't possibly do it without Him!  And I praise Him for it. I am simply the instrument in His hand.

   I Love the saying, 'Your talent is God's gift to you, and what you do with that talent is your gift back to God.'
  ~ Each of us has a talent or two, which is a gift to us from God. Let's use that gift for His glory!


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Being used by God

10/11/2017

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     How some people seemed to be used by God more than others.  
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his has been something I have been thinking of lately how some people seemed to be used by God more than others. I had talked to my oldest son about that too. I asked him," Why do you think it is some people are used more by God than others.?"

I think the answer for that lies in the individual. Are we making our selves available to God for His use? How willing are we to lay down our lives, our plans, our desires, and our wants, for His will and plans instead? Are there some areas in our lives that we do not let him be apart of, or some things we just flat tell God that we can not do?

  For instance, earlier this summer I had an opportunity to share at out local Bible Camp about our son Clayton, who passed away this spring, and a message God put on my heart to share about the hope we have in Christ. Now speaking in front of a crowd is certainly not my thing, yet here it was something on my heart to do and the more I thought about it the more excited I became. Though I also at times I seriously had my doubts on it, and did feel like telling God, " It is great idea, but I have a difficult time talking in front of a crowd and a group of senior highs no less. So sorry God, but I just can't do it." I could have said no. But if I had I would have lost an opportunity for God to work through me, to be an encouragement and blessing to the young people. And a blessing to my self as well. I came away the second time from speaking at camp on a high! After sharing my message they all prayed for me and my family, and it was such a amazing moment.

    My prayer is that I am always a ready vessel for His use no matter what it is. Even if it takes me way out of my comfort zone. I want to be used by Him in every way I can and at every opportunity possible. In doing this He will make us a more usable vessel for His service. Then He can use us for what ever He wants.
~ May we all make our selves more available for God's use.
In Him, Mae

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Writing

5/6/2017

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I find if I start writing about a certain topic or thought that comes to me, then even more will come. I did not always do this, but now when something comes to my mind that I think or know will be a blessing to someone else I quickly write down a title so I will not forget. And when I get time to write on that subject and focus in on it God blesses me with more and more inspiration.

Write down what thoughts God gives you, you never know what will become of it!

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Disabled?

5/6/2017

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 Who is really disabled? Those with disabilities or those with none?

“I’d say that some of us who are technically not disabled, are in reality far more disabled than those who are disabled.”
I really admire some people who are disabled. Why? Because they have chosen to live above their disability.

Joni Eareckson Tada was paralyzed in her late teens while diving.
Nicholas James Vujicic was born without arms and legs.
Jennifer Barrick suffered a traumatic brain injury when she was 15 due to a tragic accident caused by a drunk driver.

Those are just a few of the people who are disabled, and who have learned to live victoriously despite their disabilities and limitations. They are not only living a very full life, they are also impacting thousands of people all over the world with their amazing speaking abilities and ministries. They blow me away with all they are accomplishing in life and for God. And how they are blessing, encouraging, and inspiring so many lives though they are disabled.
Just looking at their very productive and fruitful lives I can’t help but wonder who is more disabled. Them or me? They are accomplishing more in life, and blessing more people than I ever will. Yet here I am with all my working limbs and a brain that functions well. Sure I am grateful for what I have, but it certainly encourages and inspires me to be more and do more with what God has blessed me with. And not ever take anything for granted, but realize and appreciate the blessings and gifts of arms and legs, and a brain, etc.., and use them all and only to the fullest for God
“If people with no arms and legs, or are paralyzed can do great things, shouldn’t we be able to do better!?”

May you be encourage by the disabled to live your life to the fullest, and live it for God.

Did you know that if you put Go in front of disable you get God is able.

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    Meet Mae

    I am a wife to my wonderful husband, Paul, of over 22 years. Mommy to 9 blessings, ages 21 to 3 years. Our 2nd oldest son, at age 14, has gone on to be with the Lord on April 19th, 2017. I share about that new road we are on here on my blog.
      I am Christian life coach, author, you-tuber, blogger, & speaker who loves God first & fur-most, home making, home schooling our children, gardening, and lots more.
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