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Just recently, I have dug deep into some personal issues I am having in my life which was hiding behind an iron curtain. Perhaps for too long.

I actually believe I don't have anything good to offer the world anymore So I feel pretty much useless. I am stuck in a job which I hate doing but actually live in at. its comfortable, easy, and stable. But at my age ( 56) with hardly any money, I'm feeling too old to start again. But Im miserable. And I just can't see much on the horizon, unless of course God creates open doorways.

But, as faith has it, somehow it just seems enough for now, to have been blessed with little glimpses of what I would like to see. --> When I am not seeing people celebrating life, I deflate like a balloon. And since my current job is not a place of celebrations (I work on ward full of dying people) you can guess that I am already pretty much shrivelled up.

Feasting and dancing, singing and parties, holidays, social events and the likes. These are the kinds of things that make me come alive. As does Appreciating each other from the heart. This also blesses me. But sadly I also don't believe these kinds of recreational or entertainment careers could possibly pay the bills in this day and age unless I had a business. Recessions, inflations, poverty, and wars, coupled with my current my lack of skills, would also add to my sighs.

Well Thats about all i can cough up for now. Thankx for reading. The Lord Worked in me to uncover these things that I like seeing, and being a part of, so it's not all for nothing. All I have to do now is to get comfortable and trust that these qualities He likes to see will be enough to grow in me so I can put them to good use somehow 😊

Mustard seed faith guys....mustard seed faith..... miracles don't always have to be like a sky full of shiny diamonds on first planting.
 

Bingo

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#2
Just recently, I have dug deep into some personal issues I am having in my life which was hiding behind an iron curtain. Perhaps for too long.

I actually believe I don't have anything good to offer the world anymore So I feel pretty much useless. I am stuck in a job which I hate doing but actually live in at. its comfortable, easy, and stable. But at my age ( 56) with hardly any money, I'm feeling too old to start again. But Im miserable. And I just can't see much on the horizon, unless of course God creates open doorways.

But, as faith has it, somehow it just seems enough for now, to have been blessed with little glimpses of what I would like to see. --> When I am not seeing people celebrating life, I deflate like a balloon. And since my current job is not a place of celebrations (I work on ward full of dying people) you can guess that I am already pretty much shrivelled up.

Feasting and dancing, singing and parties, holidays, social events and the likes. These are the kinds of things that make me come alive. As does Appreciating each other from the heart. This also blesses me. But sadly I also don't believe these kinds of recreational or entertainment careers could possibly pay the bills in this day and age unless I had a business. Recessions, inflations, poverty, and wars, coupled with my current my lack of skills, would also add to my sighs.

Well Thats about all i can cough up for now. Thankx for reading. The Lord Worked in me to uncover these things that I like seeing, and being a part of, so it's not all for nothing. All I have to do now is to get comfortable and trust that these qualities He likes to see will be enough to grow in me so I can put them to good use somehow 😊

Mustard seed faith guys....mustard seed faith..... miracles don't always have to be like a sky full of shiny diamonds on first planting.
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notmyown

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Just recently, I have dug deep into some personal issues I am having in my life which was hiding behind an iron curtain. Perhaps for too long.

I actually believe I don't have anything good to offer the world anymore So I feel pretty much useless. I am stuck in a job which I hate doing but actually live in at. its comfortable, easy, and stable. But at my age ( 56) with hardly any money, I'm feeling too old to start again. But Im miserable. And I just can't see much on the horizon, unless of course God creates open doorways.

But, as faith has it, somehow it just seems enough for now, to have been blessed with little glimpses of what I would like to see. --> When I am not seeing people celebrating life, I deflate like a balloon. And since my current job is not a place of celebrations (I work on ward full of dying people) you can guess that I am already pretty much shrivelled up.

Feasting and dancing, singing and parties, holidays, social events and the likes. These are the kinds of things that make me come alive. As does Appreciating each other from the heart. This also blesses me. But sadly I also don't believe these kinds of recreational or entertainment careers could possibly pay the bills in this day and age unless I had a business. Recessions, inflations, poverty, and wars, coupled with my current my lack of skills, would also add to my sighs.

Well Thats about all i can cough up for now. Thankx for reading. The Lord Worked in me to uncover these things that I like seeing, and being a part of, so it's not all for nothing. All I have to do now is to get comfortable and trust that these qualities He likes to see will be enough to grow in me so I can put them to good use somehow 😊

Mustard seed faith guys....mustard seed faith..... miracles don't always have to be like a sky full of shiny diamonds on first planting.
thank you for doing your job. i can't begin to imagine how taxing it is. but please don't think you have nothing good to offer the world... i believe you're making that offering through your job, at the very least.

i wonder how the Lord uses your work to bless the people on the ward and their families? i daresay it's beyond what either of us can know.

so thank you! :)
 

Magenta

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I work on ward full of dying people
How do you minister to these people and their families?

I ask because I knew a woman who worked on a palliative care ward and she found
great joy in it, finding ways and means to comfort the dying, and their families also.
 
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How do you minister to these people and their families?

I ask because I knew a woman who worked on a palliative care ward and she found
great joy in it, finding ways and means to comfort the dying, and their families also.
I Just try to make the not yet end of life dying people laugh, smile or I comfort the ones who are in their last days, mostly. But it's hard to engage them about heaven, because I don't know if they're saved, or if even if they believe in Him. I'm new to any kind of ministry, and I don't have a clue what mine is...
 

notmyown

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I Just try to make the not yet end of life dying people laugh, smile or I comfort the ones who are in their last days, mostly.
sister, that IS a ministry. it may change as years go by, but you'll always have people around whom you can minister Christ's comfort to.

God is so faithful to us. :)