Many times I have felt inadequate to fulfill the call of God on my life. I sincerely wanted to be the picture of a dutiful homemaker (okay, I know you women libbers out there are gagging at the thought), but that was my desire. I married young and I wanted to be a model wife for my young husband. I was woefully inadequate when we started out. I could cook the recipes I learned in Home Economics. Once \u201cmy calling\u201d was given some time, I was equipped to be a devoted, washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning-machine wife. I also worked a full-time job and served at my church. My young 17-year-old self could do all that, plus \u2013 just a year later, become a mother, who by the time our little guy showed up on planet earth, I had nipped the childcare role in the bud. After all, I had been a baby sitter since the age of 12, so I knew the ropes\u2026well, except for when he was sick, and God equipped me to handle those challenges. He \u201ccalled\u201d me to be a wife and mother. He equipped me. I yielded to His instructions — sometimes. Other times, I\u2019d regrettably take matters in my own hands \u2013 only to rewind and let God do what He does best \u2013 equip me with His special, handcrafted abilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within each of us are all the tools we need to fulfill God\u2019s call on our lives. I didn\u2019t realize how equipped I was for widowhood until I became one. This girl could actually live life to its fullest on her own. She could run her business, sell her home, then, buy and build a new home, do her own accounting, become a blogger, repair many things in her home and car, take to the road travelling many miles to see family and friends. This girl, ME, was called to widowhood. I was equipped to handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s like a bird \u2013 God gave them wings; He equipped them with what they need, but they don\u2019t use them until they have to. I witnessed that with the little cardinals and doves that nested around my home. Initially they clung close to the nest, waiting for mama or papa bird to bring them what they needed, but before long\u2026..they found that within them was the equipment they needed to soar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We often find ourselves wondering what God has equipped us with \u2013 only to discover that we weren\u2019t choosing to use what we had been given unless we absolutely had to. Maybe you find yourself struggling with purpose or fearful to take a step in the direction that God is nudging you towards. God has already equipped you to serve Him wherever you are right now. He will give you the strength to use all you have been given, so get ready to step up to the task. God doesn\u2019t call the equipped, Child of God. God equips the called. And you have been called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Now may the God of peace\u2026..EQUIP you with everything good for doing His will, and may He work in us what is pleasing to Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.” (Hebrews 13:20)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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