God at Work :)

I just love to see God at work!  My husband and I started a Cancer Ministry at my church last night.  I had this grand expectation of lots of people showing up because I know that lots of people in our church have been touched by cancer.  My fear was that a lot of people would come but not come back again because what we offered wasn’t appealing to them.  As I shared this fear with my sweet friend, Stephanie, she made a statement that literally stopped me in my tracks.  She said something along the lines of , “Kim….do you believe God called you to start this ministry?”  Wow, don’t you love how God puts just the right people in your life at just the right time.  Love this girl! She went on to remind me that  it didn’t matter  if it touched one or one hundred with the ministry, whatever God’s will is for the ministry…it’s His will , I just have to be obedient.  I do believe this ministry is God’s calling. And it is HIS ministry.  We had 9 people there last night and I truly saw God at work as we shared our stories and our information.  I was reminded once again that it’s not only the cancer patient or survivor who the cancer affects.  It is the family, the caregivers, the friends, the church family.  It affects everyone around the cancer patient.  And once you have been touched by it, it never leaves you.  Praise God for giving all of us strength to endure the things we never imagined being strong enough to endure.   Praise God for giving us family and friends to care for us.  Praise God for the testimony of the survivor and the testimony of the surviving caregivers and family and friends.  Praise God for Jesus Christ and the Hope provided through him.  If you are reading this right now and do not have a personal, saving relationship with Jesus Christ,  please contact me or someone else you know that does.  Whether you are going through cancer or not, I promise you that you NEED that HOPE, whether you realize it or not!  I pray that as this Caps of Hope Ministry and the Cancer Care ministry grows that God will use them to reach the unreached and to comfort, encourage and meet the needs of everyone He sends our way J  I look forward to seeing God working in and around us even more.