Skip to main content

Despise Not Small Beginnings~

This picture is a throw back from 1988ish... Just look at the the big hair and you can tell we are still in the 80's here !!  :)

We have been friends since age 11......
Sisters in heart for an eternity.

Diana and I ,back in the day, were a part of the best party crowd.  Dancing and drinking the night away was a huge part of our resume' of life. During this time of "finding " our way in life, we both had something that kept us rooted together....

A bond that went deeper than a childhood friendship......
A kindred spirit that tied our hearts together not only as friends, but as sisters.

We didn't understand it growing up.....
We didn't talk much about it through our teenage years....
It was just understood that we both knew.

The bond that tied us as little girls into our teenage years and on to young adulthood to present day is and has always been Jesus Christ.

The Lord has kept us intertwined through our darkest times to our shiniest moments.

For what we didn't see or know was God had called us to stand for the broken,the hurt and the abused.  Our daddy God in all His glory decided to use us both  to reach a dying world.

To minister to those who the world has cast aside....
To those who have been told they will never recover....
To those who have been told they are unlovable....
To stand  and share our stories of a life we had selfishly chosen for ourselves only to find God himself had other plans for us, His daughters.

I have often asked the Lord " Why me?" I have had such a messy life. Decisions that have brought me to my knees and hurt those I love.

I had never sought God in any of my decisions way back when.....
My decisions were based on what I wanted.....

My answer......
"You have a story to tell" was His reply.

We both do in so many ways.......
And they all shine the grace and love of God.

So where does the title "Despise Not small Beginnings" fit in this post?

Diana and I are stepping out as instructed by our daddy God and "Shakin' the Foundation Ministry" begins tonight for our very first service!!!!

Zechariah 4:10

New Living Translation (NLT)
10 Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.”

God has been speaking to our hearts to take this step and with his provision we are TONIGHT !!!

I encourage you all, no matter where you are in life, when God calls you to step out.......

Start steppin' !!!!!!!

As He brought Diana and I from where we were to where we are, He will do the same for you !!!!!


xoxoxox
Stacey


1 Corinthians 2:9

New International Version (NIV)
9 However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”[a]—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—

Comments

  1. Janis CoxFebruary 20, 2013 at 1:41 PM

    Beautiful pictures. Lovely words. Following you from Winsome Wednesdays.
    Small beginnings.. Everyone had a start sometime.
    Blessings,
    Janis

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. She StandsMarch 22, 2013 at 12:56 PM

      Thank you Janis for your sweet words!! So glad you stopped by :))
      Our "start" is unfolding :))

      Blessings!!

      Delete

Post a Comment

Your Sweet Comments Are Loved~

Popular posts from this blog

Touching The Hem Of His Garment

It's day 6 of my 21 day fast and I have discovered just how much I have relied on social media for my daily encouragement. It's so easy , one click of my mouse and it's there for me to see. A short cut of sorts, a quick fix in a world , my world, that is constantly moving and changing. But when I dig into my daddy Gods word, when I take the time to seek Him, the encouragement is more....So much more. Today I am encouraged by the woman who suffered with the issue of blood. For 12 years she suffered a life of misery and in her culture was considered  unclean. It was a chronic condition which means she probably had anemia as well as  physical weakness. She was hopelessly incurable by the many doctors she had sought out for medical care. She had become destitute for she spent all that she had. Everything and everyone who she would come in contact with would have become ceremonially unclean making her shunned by all in society including her family. Her husband probably
3 comments
Read more

Sifting Before the Shifting

I have been hearing the Lord say " shift" for the last year.  Shift in the atmosphere, shift in our nation, shift in the church, and a shift in me.  When I think about the word shift, I see a grand swope of the hand of God moving all into a direction of peace and wholeness.I believe without a doubt He is doing so, however I never once entertained the though He'd have to do some sifting.... sifting in me. Sifting is a process, a two part process, when sifting wheat. First comes the threshing, the beating of the grain using a flail. Second part is the winnowing, throwing the mixture in the air allowing the wind to blow away the lighter chaffs and the heavier grains to fall back down for recovery.  I take a closer look at this process and begin to meditate on how it applies to my life. The threshing  is the process of removal; removing those things which will cause me to stumble.When God begins to remove, He does so with the intent of replacing; replacing with those
3 comments
Read more

When My Puzzle Pieces Do Not Fit

    Putting a puzzle together can be fun, enjoyable and somewhat a relaxing time when the pieces all fit correctly the first time.  However when it is a puzzle with thousands of little pieces that require a great deal of time trying to figure out what piece goes where it can become frustrating, at least for me. Many times I have had to rely on the box top picture to navigate me through the placing of each piece and even that process can be irritating. Eventually the pieces do all fit exactly the way they were created to fit and the perfect picture is formed.It is a victory of sorts for me as patience is not my best quality.  But what about when our life's pieces are not fitting together? I had this certain picture I created in my mind, a picture how my own pieces were to fit together, my perfect box top per say. However the pieces I chose I could not force them to fit. No matter how I placed them, pushed them together, they still would not connect. My box top picture was
2 comments
Read more