Worthed Listening To

I was stunned when I was invited by the leader of Mother Support group OUG to share 'something' with them. In this instance, the 'something' means a word, or a topic of interest/relevance. I was given the group's vision of the year, and was told that whatever I share, it should be relevant to their vision.

I've never been invited to share/speak before. In fact, after living for almost 37 years, I'm quite convinced that each time I open my mouth in front of an audience, nonsense instead of substance come out! Being a sanguine, I love an audience and I usually endeavour to entertain whenever I'm in a group, it's just me.

So when the invitation came, my first instincts was to decline the kind offer. But then I thought, hang on, God has been really good to me, surely there's something I can say that would encourage the ladies! So I decided that I would share on the greatest thing that God had done in my life thus far, and that was my journey through depression and how God brought me out of it.

Somehow, there was a miscommunication (maybe) cos when the official invitation came through email, the topic became "How to Deal with Stress". Whoa! Now how did that happen? Then I thought, well, stress and depression is linked and I will have to somehow make the connection that day.

So that's how I ended up sharing on dealing with stress with 6 ladies! My very first 'speaking' engagement! I'm not sure what the ladies really thought of my sharing but they were responsive and some could identify with what I went through. It was all over in an hour and I rushed home to get my kids ready for school. But I think it went ok cos the leader said she'd like to invite me again next year!

Till now, I'm still amazed that someone thought that I'm worthed listening to.