what's YOUR 10?

“Everybody’s a 10 at something!!”

our pastor says it often

I agree

We just wrapped up an AMAZING week at church

Celebrating our 2^nd annual missions conference

Hearing from our friends from around the world

How God is stirring and diligently working through each one of them

to grow HIS KINGDOM

from Indiana, to Haiti, to Moldova, to Indonesia, to Fort Peirce, Florida, to The Dominican Republic and back to Fort Payne

Each story INSPIRING

reminding us

reminding

me

of why we are here

this brings me back to

“EVERYBODY’S A 10 AT SOMETHING!”

EXHIBIT A:

the media MANIA over the last 10 years

AMERICAN IDOL, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? SUVIVOR

more COOK-OFF shows than I can count

and the latest DUCK DYNASTY (whoop! whoop!)

the message:

EVERYBODY’S A 10 AT SOMETHING!

can YOU sing? dance? play baseball? cook? teach? build? sew? make duck calls?

guess what?

GOD GAVE YOU THOSE ABILITIES & GIFTS

for a PURPOSE!

TO GLORIFY HIM!

to bring others TO HIM through YOUR GIFTEDNESS!!

my point: GET IN THE GAME!

ABE LINCOLN said” “Whatever you are, be a good one.”

I would like to add to that “Whatever you are or do, DO IT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!”

so what’s my 10?!

although I would love to be

The Pioneer Woman and live out west and wear flowy, floral shirts

I am NOT the PIONEER WOMAN

and I treasure what I have learned so far about Jen Maker, the author of 7 and I wish I were organized enough to write 9 books in 8 years while mothering 5 children

I am NOT Jen Hatmaker

and we ALL know how much I ADORE my mother

and I dream of being precious and thoughtful and SELFLESS like her when I grow up

I am NOT my mother

I am Karmen

a sinful, FORGIVEN woman who TALKS TOO MUCH

wife to the man of my dreams (most days-hehe)

mother of two freckle faced, cuties

a former public school teacher now stay-at-home- homeschool mom (full of typos and run-on sentences)

small business owner who is learning more about pesticides than I E.V.E.R knew there was to know

that loves to talk (have I already mentioned that??!)

meet new people, encourage & exhort

who by-the-way

LOVES JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so what am I doing with my giftedness and/or talents?

I’m in the game. I am in it to win it! GIVING HIM MY ALL on my mission field, which for now, is my home.  My NUMERO UNO!

the heartbeat of my daily prayers is for my children to come to know HIM as SAVIOR.  My other passion, near and dear, is sharing what Christ has done in our lives with the world.  So those who have no knowledge of God may come to know Him.   By his grace I will continue obey when it doesn’t make sense.  Stepping out in faith as my Shepherd leads.

Because

All to thee my blessed Savior, I surrender all.

So what’s YOUR 10?

what are YOU good at? how are you using YOUR GIFTEDNESS to GLORIFY HIM?!

let me hear from ya’!

K