ecclesia

Today is an exciting day! I am finally getting the ball rolling on an idea that I believe God gave me a while ago.  I've been really seeing a need within my friends and family, a need within myself, to connect to people and to build real relationships.  My entire life I've been an encourager.  Misguided, I usually encouraged the wrong things. I even have documented proof of my poor judgment when it comes to encouraging.

To the left  is a picture of a young man, a stranger, whom I encouraged to climb to the top of this old steel bridge and jump into very shallow waters.  He was questioning if he should do it and I assured him that no one was as brave as he was.  I wasn't using flattery. I had no gain from it. I saw fear in him that I was saddened by.  I hated seeing him question his abilities and wanted him to know that if anyone could do it, he could... he jumped.. thank God he survived.  But as he was falling towards the water I instantly realized, it wasn't a lack of confidence in himself that I saw in his eyes, it was his fear of dying because it was a bad idea. (I'm slower than most.. ha)  This is when I started realizing that maybe I had a lot to learn when it came to encouraging and discerning when it was appropriate and when it wasn't.

Seeking out who I was to God and why I am the way I am, God revealed many scriptures to me and this one set into motion a need to remind and encourage people who they are to God.

Psalm 8:3-5:  When I look at the night sky and see the work of your fingers- the moon and the stars you set in place- what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them? Yet you made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.

So with a new passion to encourage the hopeless and those who have forgotten who they are to God, I picked a name, ecclesia, which means to be called out and set apart.  I am hoping to have a monthly meeting with local women and to have a time of devotion and conversation.  Nothing too serious, and nothing religious! Just some conversation and relationship building.

So keep me in your prayers.. I have no real idea of where this is all going but I don't really feel worried about it either.  I kinda think God's already chosen my first group and things are being set into motion.  It's just a matter of me opening my door!

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