Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Profile of a Volunteer


Pauline Nobles
Profile of a Volunteer

My mother has been an at home mom all of my life and has been an avid volunteer of so many efforts over the years from volunteering in our schools and classrooms to various church activities. She has shown me what true commitment to what one believes in is all about. Over the past few years since my father passed, she has concentrated her services to visiting people who are sick and praying for them either at home, in the hospitals, senior homes, etc. She has the gift of discernment and intercession which to me means that she can tell what is really going on with someone and can stand in the gap for them as they reach out to God. The comfort she provides to so many people has made such a positive impact on them and when I return home, I love reading the cards and letters she receives in thanksgiving for brightening days, eliciting smiles, and giving hope.
The message here is that we don’t know the lives we impact, seen and unseen, in what we do daily and I believe we have an obligation as fellow human beings to give back in some form or another. My goal is to give back to the children and families struggling with the hardships of disabilities with the hope of making a positive difference in their lives and motivating them to one day do the same for someone else.  My father’s saying was “each one, reach one, teach one.”

2 comments:

  1. Hi Dianna,

    WOW! What an extraordinary and powerful post! Your mother and her giving spirit is such an inspiration! With you growing up with this remarkable example and your passion, I have no doubt that you will see great success in your goal of giving back to children and families struggling with the hardships of disabilities! I am confident you will be a life-changing advocate for those children and their families!

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  2. Your mother is a true example of a virtuous woman. It's one thing to feel empathetic towards others, but to display it takes true character. God Bless!

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