My Blessings are Abundant
What a day. I have been in awe of God's grace and blessings today, as everyday I should be, today I am. I got to facilitate a volunteer experience for a special volunteer today. All volunteers are critically important in my world, but this one- is a true example of Gods love. This volunteer is deaf, blind and is constrained to a wheelchair. I was tasked with creating a volunteer opportunity for her, once a week for one hour that would allow her to use her abilities to bless others. Today this volunteer helped The Rescue Mission by making 6 hygiene kits that included shampoo, conditioner, lotion, toothpaste, toothbrush, body wash/soap and a razor. Each bag she made brought her so much joy and happiness, she was able to smell each soap that she put in the bag and grab and hold each shampoo and conditioner. Her joy burst out of her in laughter and giggling for the whole hour. This filled our office with such profound and deep happiness it is hard to describe. If each client that received these hygiene bags could feel the joy and effort that was put into their bag their lives would be altered with that impact.
By entering our lives this one volunteer has changed the course for so many in just one day. Best news yet is that she is going to volunteer with us indefinitely If I can keep the projects fun and exciting for her then she will be able to stay. As long as her health permits and her coach can come, she will be able to stay. It makes me reflect on how I am living my life. Am I profoundly changing peoples lives? If so is it because of the joy that comes out of my spirit? Is it because of what I can get done and help facilitate at work? It is because I love so deeply? Am I creating change with my passion? I can talk, I can hear, I can see, I can walk. What kind of profound business do I need to get to stat? What is it that holds us able bodied and minded individuals from creating this joy and change in others?
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