today, meeting with a wonderful young woman, our Children's Aid Worker, so excited and appreciative of the variety of support we have available... it was so great to see how impressed she was with what Hope for Life has to offer, and how happy she was to find out about the Divorce Care group the church runs and the Program to help overcome addiction of any kind... when she saw the Care Closet and the EWYL cupboard ( all the beautiful new stuff we have the girls can "buy" with the points they get for coming to their mentoring session and doing their homework) .. she just loved it all...
all of the many clients that have come.. despite the name and the location... have been so surprised at how nice everything is, the Care Closet is in the "Crib Room" of the Nursery... today we came to the conclusion, not only is God bringing those He wants us to minister to, like we believed He would, He also is doing something totally different .. He is changing the perception of what "church" is of the people that come...
as our church is gearing up for more and more community support programs, this town will come to see what church really is all about..
that we, the church, have a heart to help them, to bring them "Hope for Life", practical support and love...
that this is what being a Christian really means... going forth in His love , with His compassion and His power to change...
we are not people that have it all together.. we just have Someone who can help us overcome dysfunction and brokenness, and because of the gratitude we feel towards what He is doing in our lives, we are excited about making Him known by our "walk", not by our talk... no judgment, just understanding and support...
I think, this is what those that have come so far have felt... so thankful to be able to be His hands and feet...
