tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866428738366496453.post5607870627955290429..comments2023-06-12T08:44:32.879-07:00Comments on Catherine Zoller: 07-07-08Catherine Zollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18063436044015917343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7866428738366496453.post-33513267379132204802008-07-14T19:09:00.000-07:002008-07-14T19:09:00.000-07:00Dear Catherine, i totally agree with the gifts thi...Dear Catherine, i totally agree with the gifts thing...<BR/>i always find myself asking this question to some of the younger Thai Christian I meet with at the church that I attend in Bangkok: you have to look at yourself as a person working in a hospital WHO ARE YOU?<BR/>the doctor who operates and that's it, the nurse that helps the doctor, the relative that sits by the bed of the sick person, the sick, the cleaner, whoever you are you got to find out in each relationship you might have a different role, but you got to find yours otherwise you will try to be whatever other people tell you to be, or to try to be them all.... i compared some Christians that are long time in the church and look like just sitting in the pew to somebody who is in a coma, and telling the cell group leader that she got to figure out what to do with those people.... is she the nurse that stops by every other hour to check out if they are recovering from coma, are they the mother, sister, wife of the comatose person that sits by and talks all the time so that the person might wake up, are you the doctor that once in a while thinks up something that can be done for therapy and stops by once a week to give an important shot or .... who? Personally I am always behind the scenes and i like it better, i don't particularly enjoy the lights on the stage even if sometimes these look nice on other people..... popularity is like a shiny stone that all would want.... but what to do. Time ago i felt that God gave me a picture of what He thinks i could be compared to.... He wants me to be like a big tree with many branches and green and leafy, so that people can come and sit in my shade, pick of my fruit, climb my branches, sleep a little and then move on.... birds can make their nest in me and feel comfortable shielded from sun and rain.... Sometimes it is hard to take that... usually people that enjoy the shade of a tree don't say thank you when they leave the spot... any forget the tree all together.... But many times when i wonder what am i doing i remember the tree.... and think that i just need to be and that's enough...... love ManuelaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com