So I was asked to write a paragraph about my work and how I see God in it and stuff… it ended up being a bit longer than a paragraph! here is it..

“Be Holy because I am Holy”

I am involved in the community development sector. I work with Refugees, in economic empowerment and with a children’s home. I really see God is on the move, awakening people to the issues of injustice and giving people more and more hearts of compassion to serve others.

All of the organisation I work with are Christian, and I get an opportunity to pray at work, and do evangelism and discipleship. However just because I work in a Christian organisation doesn’t mean all of a sudden my work is more holy than anybody else’s. Because working for a Christian organisation doesn’t make me sacred. Being Holy is who you are, not what you do (but it affects the way you do, what you do). So I could go into work everyday (at a Christian organisation) and be really mean to and about my colleagues. I could gossip and want my own personal desires, more than seeing other people blessed. I could do all my work out of selfish ambition and vain conceit. I could go an entire day without asking God for wisdom on the best way to tackle solutions. OR I could do my work out of love, respect others, with a servant heart and being humble. I could constantly seek God for the best solution and His wisdom in all circumstances. You see how that is really no different from than if I was working in a ’secular’ organisation? I would have to make those same choices. Because its really about who I am in Christ, and not about my job.

I love working with people (I actually get really anticy if I am not around people) and so this really is the perfect field for me. I get to see God changing lives. I get to see broken people’s heart’s restored… and that makes me excited!

I am also a wife. This is an area in which God is teaching me so so much! Man I fail at being a good wife so often! But I have a husband who is fantastic and FULL of grace. But I am learning more and more that I need to be holy in my interactions with my husband. Am I treating him with respect. Am I wanting something from him that I should want from God? Am I seeking my own personal gain, or do I really want what is best for him. You see in my relationship with him, I should be reflecting the love of Christ… and God is teaching me how to do that.

A bit off that point, but lately God is teaching me that I need to be ‘Holy’ when doing shopping. ha ha… SO when I go to the grocery store, things often go wrong, like I can’t find parking, or I leave the parking ticket in the car, or was stuck in traffic on the way there, or can’t find what I am looking for, or I forget plastic bags (o so often) etc etc. Those are all really small and insignificant things (I mean lets compare my two minutes sitting at a red robot to eternity, why don’t we?) But those things can get me frustrated. I have noticed this happens to a lot of women. Pay attention at the till queue next time you go. People can be really really rude to the cashier. They treat them like a ‘thing’ that must work for them or else they will huff and puff and moan. So God is challenging me, to be kind and chat to the cashier (cos 90% of the people are rude to them) and also to rejoice in all circumstances, rather than complain (even if just to myself) and let it affect my day. Being Holy is a way of life.. being Holy is what is happening in your heart, when everything else is happening…

Ja so basically I need to be filled with the Spirit more and more. Because no matter what skills and talents I have, I could used those for my own personal gain, or I could use those in such a way that brings Glory to God.