Starting this blog

There is one main idea that inspires me to start this blog.  It is an older lady’s example to me.  The example from the older lady is ministering to people who are similar to her in that they are going through her same phase in life.  She is a widow, and as a small girl, I knew who her and her husband were because they went to our church, and by the time I had grown quite a bit older, her husband had passed away, and I learned that she had a time set aside Sunday afternoons to be a hostess to other widows in her town, to encourage them.  She said that for widows, Sunday afternoons are the loneliest times, and she ministered to people she knew the most about.  By having a ministry to those like her, she kept her eyes off of herself, considering others like her, however instead, and her ministry to them.  By focusing on others, she was ultimately keeping her eyes on the most unselfish One Whose entire life and purpose on earth was to minister and love and care for every one’s souls and then by dying for them to be a way of peace with God, and that is Jesus.  By seeking those out like herself and by encouraging them, she was ultimately encouraged.  Once, my older sister gave me a plaque with two pictures on it.  Both pictures were of her and me.  She designed the plaque with her lovely art skill, and the quote she hand-printed on beautifully was encouraging.  She had written this quote, “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”