Psalm 27:13 “I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.”
It is time once again for our yearly conference. So much preparation goes into this conference. Through the faithfulness of women doing the Lord’s work, they prepare to meet moms who are literally in the fight of their life. It is a fight that affects body, soul and mind. These moms are walking in a foreign land of grief. A land that is so treacherous they often think this new environment will kill them. This is a land of brokenness and a state of living without a hope for a better future. It is a place we prayed with all our being we would never find ourselves dwelling. We who have traveled through this place of grief have discovered so many lessons in a place that seemed so precarious and unstable. We have found hidden treasures buried in this land. The work the Lord has for us to do is to share these hidden treasures and to show God’s goodness and faithfulness to these grieving women. We have seen firsthand the goodness of the Lord in our own journey back to the land of the living. We cannot do the work of the journey for these moms, but we can encourage them and help pack their bags as they continue to move forward. When they depart, they will have the hope that they too will return to the land of the living and see the goodness of the Lord.
Lord, we pray for this conference and for each mom who will attend. It is the best gift a mother can give herself this Mother’s Day, a way back to the land of the living.
– Michele
