Monday, July 21, 2008

Find your gift and give it away!

I read this while I was stalking peoples blogs.
It inspired me - the give it away part.
I have always had a passion for trying to hustle money. Everything I see, I want to do, and I do it. For example: I see really neat hair braiding designs, so I learn to do it.
I see balloon animals, I learn it.
Face painting, hair wraps.
Dreadlocks, perms, straightners, highlights.
I see a cute baby blanket, so I learn to crochet.
Cute jewelry, I learn to make it.
Acrylic nails and nail art.
From Macrome anklets to anime manga costumes.
and the most addicting is when I see things on sale, I think "I can sell it on ebay!"

..and thats just a sample of things from the past couple of years.

The motivation behing all of these ventures is money. Thats the problem. So, since I turned my life towards God, I have been struggling with this issue.
Because, even though these ventures are money motivated, I never really make any money. I put all my energy in these things, I lose time with my kids and I lose time with God.

When I read this " find your gift and give it away", I realized that I'm not giving it away. I'm trying to sell it. I believe God has gifted me with this, but I was letting Satan use my gift.

Now, I've commited to God that I wont let Satan use my gifts anymore. I will give them to God to use. No matter what!

The first thing I started with is the ebay, because its already in motion. Every penny I profit from ebay I will give away, even if I make a million! And from this point I will see how God can use my gifts.

3 comments:

Cassie - Homeschooling Four said...

What an inspiration! Thanks for sharing.

Brandi said...

Love this!!! So true, too.

Did you hear that we just started Ebay for Ethiopia? I'll tell you about it sometime!

Love you,
Bran

Anonymous said...

You know I do this all the time...waiting for my next million. :) Thanks for sharing...great in site!


Ps. We better keep abbie and Aj far from each other if they plan on writing on everything, it is a good thing they are so cute!