The woman who changed everything with a needle and thread
Can I ask you something?
At the start of this week - what do you do? Not necessarily what you get paid for. Just your thing. Maybe you cook, or you’re good with words, or you’re the person people call when something’s broken. Maybe your gift is knowing when someone needs a cup of tea and someone to listen.
Whatever it is, I’d guess you’ve never once thought of it as ministry.
Most of us save that word for people on a platform - the preacher, the worship leader, the one with the role and the rota. Ministry feels like a separate lane. Something set apart from ordinary life.
But this week’s devotional introduces us to a woman named Dorcas. You’ll find her in Acts chapter 9. She never preached, never led, never performed a miracle. She sewed. She made clothes for widows - people who had nothing, people who were overlooked - and she gave her skill freely.
When she died, those widows wept. They held up the garments she’d made and showed them to Peter. Look what she did. Look what we’ll lose.
She was so loved, so clearly the hands of God in that place, that Peter prayed and God raised her back to life.
Her craft was her calling. She didn’t separate her skill from her faith - she offered her skill as her faith.
This week’s video explores what that means for you and me - and offers one tiny, six-word prayer that might just change how your whole week feels.
👉 Watch the full devotional here:
With you in the ordinary.
Rob
Read this week’s devotionals here - https://open.substack.com/pub/battledrilldevotional/p/what-if-generosity-isnt-about-money?r=643q6o&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true