Norita

My friend Norita died a few days ago. She had tremendous heart but more than that, she heard a calling from God and she answered it. She ministered to impoverished, disabled people in Turkey. She’s Armenian-American and that was the call she got. That was the whispering in her ear that wouldn’t go away. She said, “Here I am, Lord,” and she and her husband went. She was courageous and true. When I heard she died I kept staring at the screen as if it were mistaken. After that I looked up the parable of the talents. God gives us talents—a measurement for gold—and God expects us to put our talents to use for some profitable purpose. By profitable I don’t think God meant make more gold. I think that parable means take the gifts God gives you and do something good with it—something holy, something meaningful, and not for your own legacy, but to honor God.  Jesus said, “Whatever you do for the least of these, you have done it for me.” Norita ministered to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the outcasts of Turkey. Her talents were her compassion, courage, willingness to sacrifice the comforts and pleasures of American middle-class life.

 

There won’t be a story today.  I only ask you to read an entry from her blog and ask yourself, as I have been asking myself, what talents do I have that I can put to use for something meaningful, holy, and pleasing to God?

 

http://thesnowdrop.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/what-about-the-snowdrop-ministry/