April 2019 Newsletter
April 2019
Anniversaries! – These are special markers of special occasions and milestones in our lives. In the journey God has had A Future and a Hope Counseling Ministry on since we first formed as a Texas nonprofit in 2016, April has become one of those months that holds a special marker for us!
In early April 2019, we were blessed to have been able to move the ministry into its new facility. This event in the life of our work to care of God’s people and partnership with Him to be used as instruments of His healing, has blessed us – and blessed the community we serve - more than words can say.
That day of the move-in, 12 months ago, was filled with many people helping to accomplish many objectives to get things set up for us to continue seeing clients and to be fully operational once again - and we actually saw a few clients on move-in day! (That, by the way, was probably not the wisest choice we made that day!)
Working side-by-side, as a team, it was clear that God was in the center of all our efforts. He always has been – and always will be! That assurance has sustained us through all the ups and downs of the day-to-day work we are called to do. Through it all, God has been faithful to lead us, guide us, and bless us and those who come, seeking His healing touch by the agency of the many He has called to serve Him as we serve His people.
It is in noticing where God is at work and joining Him in His work, that our lives and the ministries God has set before us, allow us to shine in His Light! . . .And shining the Light of God to the world is a calling to us all.
God speaks to His people in Paul’s letter to the early church at Phillipi, telling them of the command that we are to shine the Light of God to all. In Philippians, Chapter 2:14–16 (ESV), it says, “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life. In this passage, God is calling His people to be encouraged to be humble servants, united in love and humility, as we follow Christs’s example. It is in our service to God and others, that we glorify God, as we shine His light.
We are aware that many of you, also, are serving God and others in the ministry you have been called to – and we encourage you to celebrate your calling. Mark and observe those special anniversaries and share with others how God has blessed you to shine His light in the world around you.
Some special friends, who came out to celebrate the facility that God’s love and light built at the Ribbon Cutting of the new facility…
… And some of our friends from inside the facility that God’s love and light built for His work and His will to be done, taken on the same day we celebrated that Ribbon Cutting.
… And some of our friends from inside the facility that God’s love and light built for His work and His will to be done, taken on the same day we celebrated that Ribbon Cutting.
May you be blessed as you celebrate the joy of shining God’s light in your service to the world!
In His love and light,
