The Proof of Your Season

Be the Gift connects those who want to help with those who need help in our community.

Our primary goal is to provide assistance for Single Moms and Widows in need of home repair. .

Chris and Marilyn Johnson

MAY 2012

BTG just finished a tremendous campaign by collaborating with Way-FM Christian radio to bless Single Mothers with home repair projects in May. Of course the month of May features Mothers Day so it seems only right to help a mom. We have many volunteers and everyone is fired up because, well it's the season to help a mom. So what happens when there's no radio station involved and it's not Mothers Day, when our earthly inspiration and motivation are gone?

In 2 Timothy 4:2 Paul calls us to, "Be ready

in season and out of season". Author

Oswald Chambers deals with this scripture

by writing "seasons don't refer to time, but

to us - 'Be ready in season, out of season,"

whether we feel like it or not. If we do only

what we feel inclined to do, some of us

would never do anything. Some of us are

unemployable in the spiritual realm,

spiritually feeble and weak, we refuse to

do anything unless we are supernaturally inspired. The proof that we are in right relationship with God is that we do our best whether we feel inspired or not".

He finishes this thought by saying, "One of the worst traps a Christian can fall into is to become obsessed with his own exceptional moments of inspiration. When the Spirit of God gives you a time of inspiration and insight, if you say - "Now I will always be like this for God." No, you will not and God will make sure of that. Those times are entirely a gift of God. You cannot give them to yourself when you choose and if you'll only do something when God keeps you consciously inspired, that's a problem for all. If you make a god of your best moments, you will find that God will fade out of your life and never come back until you are obedient in the work He has placed closest to you and have learned not to make a fetish of your rare moments with Him."

So my friends, lets attempt to be ready to be our best for the Lord everyday, in every place, in every situation; whether we feel inspired or not, have the energy or not, have the time or not...as Oswald says, it's the proof of our right relationship with God!

May 19th, 2012---Our third annual "Single Mom Work Day"

In Honor of our hard working/incredible Single Mother's

The day was filled with many volunteers who spent an entire Saturday out in the rain and cold helping us plant fruit trees in the back yard. It is a gift that we pray will bless the Mom's and children for years to come.

Shannon's Hope
provides a residential community for pregnant women age 16 through child bearing age who have no place to call home. We were able to build this shelter/structure in one day in their back yard thanks to our professional Be the Gift contractors

Thanks to the donation of this playground set, the babies and toddlers at Shannon's Hope now have a safe area to play in and around

Project Manager Bill and his team shown here installing brand new flooring in the main room of this home

This Single Mom home in Longmont, CO. got a much needed "face lift" as Mark and other members of the BTG work party painted several rooms for her and her daughter.

Many of our projects include yard clean up and restoration. It is often difficult for Single Moms to find the time and energy to maintain this area of their home

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BE THE GIFT provides Assistance to SIngle Moms & Widows

There is always opportunity for you to do some networking and spread the word about what we do. I am attaching a DVD- it is short about 10 minutes. It highlights what we do and has testimony from some of the Single Moms we have helped. Thanks for being part of Be the Gift. Drop us an email and keep in touch.

Love and God Bless . Chris and Marilyn