Just in case...

...you think all i have been doing lately is painting and such - wrong!

This week has been busy, but a sweet reminder that all the work in the store is not really about the store at all. It is after all, just a means to an end. The end result is that it will allow us the opportunity to find, open, staff and facilitate the Wellspring HOME!

And that is what we are all about.

This week I had the opportunity to be part of a first in Greenville. FEM Fair was held at one of the city's community centers. We had representatives from several area agencies. The ladies who attended were able to get free HIV & STD testing. They each also received a well stocked gift bag and some great entertainment and food too.

Wellspring was the only faith based agency/ministry on site. That morning I was upstairs looking for who-knows-what, when it occurred to me that I should take some Bibles and devotion books to give away. Each participant was able to choose one item of their choice. It was sweet to see them trying to decide which one they wanted the most. The first things to go were the Life Recovery Bibles. Several ladies kept circling by to determine if they had made the right choice.

It gave me a chance to listen to the stories they were willing to share about their struggles and their past. The best part, it gave me a chance to hug, love and encourage them.

Like that wasn't enough my new friend and mentee invited me to accompany her to Pelham First Baptist Church to speak to their WMU. As it turned out, the pastor decided that the subject matter needed to be heard by the entire congregation, so the guys were able to come in too. Our blessing came at the end when the congregation circled around us and prayed over us.

A great encouragement to us both!

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I am so thankful that in the midst of all the hustle and hurry that has consumed me over the past few weeks that God pulled me aside to remind me of what we (HE) is up to.

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Experiencing God taught me many things, first and foremost - look and see where God is working and join Him there. It was also a great reminder that God provides not before you need it, but at the exact moment that you do. HE has faithfully provided in an Ephesians 3:20 way time after time in my Wellspring life as well as my personal life (1-1-11 wedding in the making!).

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As I also learned in Believing God...

God is Who He says He is and GOD CAN DO WHAT HE SAYS HE CAN DO!!!!

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Lead on O KING ETERNAL!