1/9/2025
Thursday nights I host an online ladies group for Harvest Ministries. I've been doing this since the Covid outbreak when Harvest started small groups. When I am asked how I began, I tell them my story of how God lassoed and roped me into it. One day I was minding my own business, checking my email, and I saw a message from Harvest Ministries thanking me for volunteering to be a ministry host. I thought, "I didn't volunteer for anything," so I dismissed it, and I deleted the email. The next week I received a similar email. I treated it the same way I did the first one. I was talking with Abba, as I do about everything, and I told Him, "Lord, I have not volunteered to lead a group, nevertheless if this is from You, then send another email." I waited a week or two...no email. So I sighed a breath of relief thinking "it's only a quirk." After about two weeks, the third email came...once more thanking me for volunteering. So I told Abba, I'd schedule the appointment. I did, but I let them know that I had not volunteered. They laughed when I told them my little story, and the pastor said that God must want me to do this. So, fast forward to today, and I am still hosting/teaching a Bible study on Thursday evenings. I am simultaneously attempting to complete discipleship studies online with the same ministry, and it is getting a little tricky trying to balance these classes, respond to questions, posts and send follow up emails. Sometimes I wonder if I've bitten off more than I can chew, so to speak. I wonder if Abba is really "in this," or if I'm merely trying to fill a void in ministry.
Every day I receive requests from the ministries I support in prayer and from some I've never connected with in ministry. The prayer circles connect world-wide, and the needs increase daily. Intercession is a full time pursuit, and I feel sometimes that I am failing God, because of the seriousness of our world's condition, as well as the advancing of the prophetic time line. I also receive a lot of unsolicited snail mail in my mail box each day. Recently I received a survey from the Virginia Society for Human Life. I keep informed about what is happening in Israel, the third world countries, daily in the United States and Canada, yet I was appalled at what I did not know is happening right under my nose. I have been part of Intercessor for America almost since it began in 1973, but, because of conflicting schedules, I have been unable to connect with the Virginia branch calls. I feel that's a clear call from Abba that something needs to change. Years ago I was connected with the Richmond Crisis Pregnancy Center where I sewed clothing for the ladies in need, and I answered crisis calls in the evenings and on weekends and holidays. Since my return, however, I have not re-connected, because I felt I needed to be actively engaged otherwise. First of all with my family, the reason God sent me back here, or at least, part of it. His reasons are still not unclear to me, but, I know He will reveal His plan as I am faithful each day. Writing these blogs, as silly as I feel they are, is part of my obedience. So, I write in the evenings when it's quiet, and I wait until the following day to post. Perhaps there's something meaningful in the content for any potential readers.
So with that, I will close this on out. Until tomorrow...!
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