Divine Meetings
I attended a men’s retreat at Redwood Christian Park in Boulder Creek, California this past weekend, with my home church Cornerstone Fellowship. I haven’t gone to many of these, but I always go with an open mind looking for God’s direction. Men are a strange bunch. Most are challenged with in comes to being in touch with their feminine side, so it’s no surprise that part of the focus of this retreat was relationships with women. This is a topic on which Ted Cunningham, their guest speaker, excels. Over the course of the three days, God put me in touch with three people. The first was a man in crisis; his wife had lost her job, and he was struggling to feed his wife 11 year old child. The other two I can’t really discuss for personal and confidentially reasons. The bottom line however is that God put me in touch with these special people for His purposes, and I will do my best to understand and follow His guidance, praying at each step of the way. What I find most interesting is how God orchestrates these meetings, these divine meetings, and the thing that I love the most is that you never know who is supposed to help who. Most of the time each of us benefits. What an awesome Lord we have.
Difficult Times
These are difficult times, no only for those in need but also for the agencies trying to help those in need. As we seek donations, we find that most of our sources have many more requests this year than last, and the sources themselves have less funding than in previous years. The end result is that it’s harder this year than in other years to obtain support. There just isn’t as much money to go around, and unfortunately there are more requests for help in these difficult times. This can be a bit discouraging, but we continue to seek God’s guidance and we know that he will provide what we need when we need it. I want to thank all of you who are providing support to Care 4 My Lambs. I ask for your continued prayers for our work. Know that we seek God’s guidance in all we do, and it is only through Him that we accomplish anything at all.
Thank You Safeway
We want to thank the Safeway Foundation for their generous donation to our organization. Particularly in today’s economy, it’s refreshing to know that local businesses are continuing to support charitable organizations. Safeway, headquartered in Pleasanton California, is one of the larger philanthropic organizations in our local community. Thanks again Safeway.
