I love starting my day with a Mercy graduation. It is very grounding and centering for me.
The praise and worship, testimonies of past pain and the healing that has begun at Mercy Ministries, prayers and words of encouragement from the staff, the after-care plans and then the wonderful opportunity of presenting the gifts to the graduates that so many people have helped to provide.
Today gifts were given to these special young women:
~Megan
~Katie
~Stephanie
~Tamara
~Ashley
~Jen
Please pray for them often as they continue their journeys and begin this next exciting phase of their lives!
Nancy mentioned verse Jeremiah 29:11 during the ceremony. She referred to God's words "these are the plans I have for you." She was putting together pieces of several of the girl's journeys and how it was apparent that God knows the plans He has for us. We only need to trust and listen.
This stimulated me to come home and look up the verse. The Bible I am using for study has prayer and study helps by Stormie Omartian. I don't think she'll mind if I paraphrase from her "Going Deeper" section in Jeremiah.
'For I know the plans I have for you, 'declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future'. Jeremiah 29.11
God's plans for us can sometimes take a long time to show themselves. It's easy to lose heart and become discouraged during these waiting times. I am far too familiar with waiting! It's important for us to stay plugged in to God during these times.
We need to seek God and pray about our future. We then must be diligent and obey God. Every step of obedience will bring us closer to the future God has planned for us. We must listen to God's voice - he will lead us. God promises that we have a good future and reason to have hope. Trust Him in both! He will deliver!
Ok - a quick plea for Makeovers for Mercy. Today we gave away $1,500.00 worth of product. We are honored to be able to bless these girls and thankful for all the people that have helped to provide.
We need your help to continue to grow this effort. Please contact me to find out how you can help. It's fun and very fulfilling!
Jan
www.janorga.myarbonne.com
615-400-3019
1 comments:
God is amazing and wonderful. He has a plan to prosper us and to give us a hope and a future. His timing is perfect and as we wait we can see His discipline being engraved in our being. Keeping our eyes on Him and putting our trust in Him rather than people is how we walk in this world in His Will. What a blessing to be given the opportunity to partner our business with serving the girls of Mercy Ministries. Thank You Lord for opening Your Door to Mercy through "Makeovers for Mercy". Guide us on Your Path and make us whole and wholey Yours in all we do. Love and Blessings, Teresa
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