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FALL LAUNCH 2013

It’s A New Season – Living On Purpose

I was watching a telecast by Bishop T.D. Jakes (Senior Pastor of The Potter’s House Church in Dallas, TX) early yesterday morning (around 5 a.m.) and I was reminded of a scenario that happened to me earlier this year (2012).  My life was starting to be restored to a better place after enduring so many months of one calamity after another and I was pondering what I wanted to do next.  I heard the Bishop say, “serve your generation” and I believe I wholeheartedly had been seeking to do just that with the development of “TheCaregiver101” blog and Facebook page back in the fall of 2011.  As a former full-time caregiver myself, I believed I had found an area of society that I knew was hurting and needed encouragement. I believed God gave me ‘TheCaregiver101’ as a vehicle in which to do that.  I began to expand the vision into an opportunity to “coach” other individuals through the ups and downs that face people who care enough about their loved one to take on the responsibility of their care.  Until…I was asked the question (by someone I had invested in to help “coach” me through devising putting parameters around assisting others in this area), “don’t you need to make money”?

It was a fair question, I thought at the time. I then started to question myself, my motives while I tried to fit into a mold along with others that were doing similar projects in a “framework” developed by and for other successful “coaches.”  However, my progress stalled out and I couldn’t move forward.  It was as though the “niche” I had chosen to serve wasn’t going to bring enough of a monetary reward to be a feasible vehicle for service to my fellowman. For some people maybe it wouldn’t be. For months I had gone back and forth, struggling to find another “niche” that would afford me the monetary benefits that others were seeming to amass. That is until yesterday morning when I got the revelation that I had already been given the right plan for the right time.

Hearing the Bishop’s message to “serve your generation” simply reaffirmed to me that the object of my desire was to “serve” in the first place. It was never about making money for me but about ministering to the hurts of individuals who are often overlooked in their all out efforts to serve and care for their loved ones.  I was reminded that it was only through believing in Jesus ‘sacrificial death on the cross that I was empowered with His grace to take care of my parents all those years.  For over 20 years, I did it and I never asked for a dime.  I was reminded of what had been my “purpose” and what is still my purpose today – to take care of and encourage others!

I remember when I was asked, “don’t you need to make money?” I hesitated with my answer. I now know the reason why I was hesitant because I didn’t want to seem foolish to answer “no.”  Several months have passed and I am now firm in my answer, “NO” I don’t “need” to make money doing what I was born to do.  When you have found your purpose and live on purpose you would do it for FREE.  I truly do believe that God will supply all of my need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).  Not only do I believe it, I “know” it because He has, everyday for the past two years ( really my entire life) even when I didn’t know how or where it was going to come from, HE has done it for me.

Bottom line is I love to encourage others, especially to cheer on caregivers because what they do is a noble, honorable service to mankind. Caregiving is hard work. It is sacrificial, rewarding and biblical. Every time you look into a person’s eyes that has walked the path of a caregiver you will see pain and frustration. Yet if you look a little closer you will also see love, peace and fulfillment.  I was reminded of that when I decided to take a look back over the past few months and pinpoint where I had lost my focus. I am thankful that I remembered that encouragement does not have a price tag. To some it is priceless.  When looking at life’s rewards I always choose to look at the glass as being half full and if it ever gets empty, at least I will still be looking at a glass and not a paper cup!  That is payoff enough for me.

Hang in there Caregivers, You’re the Best!

God Bless,

TheCaregiver101

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