Idle Hands vs. Helping Hands

When I first started this post, I was mainly writing it for young women who were graduated from school and single. But as I went along, I found that there is such a need for all young women whether still in school, graduated or married without children at home to be productively using our time!

So many young women are unsure what to with their time that we end up spending a lot of time focused on what we don’t have yet. Such as counting down the days until you can be done with your school forever, waiting around for Mr. Right to show up or feeling incomplete because you haven’t been blessed with a baby yet.
These are all things that can hinder us from truly pouring ourselves into the Lord’s work for us.
There is so much more life in blessing other people than being focused on what we don’t have.

Sisters, do you know that we have been wasting a wonderful opportunity that the Lord has given us?
For those of us who don’t have a husband or family to take care of yet what a wonderful time we have been given to fully embrace the ministry the Lord has called us to!
We don’t have the responsibilities of a family on us yet, and some of us have older siblings who can take care of themselves and share the household workload so then you have even more time to give the Lord!

For those of you who are married but don’t have a baby yet. You will have more to tend to than the singles. But there is still time during the day after the household things are done and your husband is still at work, to dedicate to the Lord!

Let us embrace the in between times and prayerfully consider what the best use of our time could be!

So, with all that said………..
I’ve put together a list of all the ministry opportunities I could think of hoping that it might help you find something you would like to do as a ministry.
I researched some websites to go along with the ideas to help you get started.
(I do not endorse these websites; I’m just using them for ideas)

I hope that something on this list will spark an interest for you!

Because of how big this list is, I broke it up into seven segments and will be posting one everyday this next week. So be sure and check back to see the newest one!

If you know of any other ministry opportunity that I didn’t add, please leave me a comment and I’ll add it to the list. I will be updating this list regularly so the more ideas I have the more help it can be to all of you!

If this list blesses you at all, please post about it on your blog (you are welcome to copy the list as long as you add a link to my blog). Or if you know of someone who would be blessed by it, please send it to them! There are so many sisters who feel unsure of how to minister from home. There is such a need for this.

PLEASE get this list out there!!!!

If you Like To Sew:

~Sew baby clothing and blankets for families of newborns in the NICU or their baby died. There are many organizations that deal with this ministry. Pray for the family and the baby while you are sewing the items.
Try this Christian site, http://www.threadsoflove.com/

~ Many moms don’t have the time to sew dresses or clothing for their children or themselves. You could have her buy the pattern, fabric and offer to sew it for her.

~ I recently found out Downy has program that delivers handmade quilts to sick children receiving treatment in the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. What a wonderful way to pray for the child receiving the blanket and for the families of the sick child! Go to http://www.downy.com/ to find out more.

~ You can sew prayer blankets for cancer patients. While taking chemo, patients get quite cold, so having a blanket to wrap up in is helpful. Pray over the person receiving the blanket while you are sewing! http://www.prayerquilt.org/

~ I found several organizations that do sewing for children in orphanages. One was Come & Sew Ministries International( http://www.comeandsew.org/ ). They sew blanket sleepers, quilts, coloring bags, etc. for children in the Russian orphanages, as well as some other places. If you don’t want to send the items you’ve sewn thru an organization, most churches have a missionary they support. You could contact them and ask what kind of sewn items are needed and send it directly to them.

~ Many homeless shelters will take donations of sewn items. Items that might be enjoyed are baby clothing, quilts, bags and children’s clothing. Check with the homeless shelter nearest you to see what their needs are.


For Tomorrow: If You Like To Cook or Bake