Precious PWOC Women,
What an amazing holiday season I have been celebrating with my family and friends this year. This has been a season filled with a flurry of activities, even snow flurries (and blizzards). To my amazement, I even got out a few Christmas cards. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to my whole list because of family photo issues. Seems that of the family group photos we took this year, one of my two young men were missing…either my son, or my son-in-law. I couldn’t bear to leave one of them out of our family photo, so I opted to send a photo of myself bending down in prayer at a beautiful waterfront to the few, until I could get a full family photo taken for everyone else.
You couldn’t tell the photo was me, so I thought it would be a good one to send to people who didn’t necessarily know my family. I felt lead to write in gold on the photo a part of the following verse: ”I will extend peace to her like a river…” Isaiah 66:12. Because of what our nation is going through, I thought the Scripture spoke hope. In the midst of all the craziness surrounding us, the Lord gives us His peace. We need not be fearful of the uncertainty of 2010, but we need to seek Him and know Him in deeper ways than ever before. God loves each of us deeply and wants to show us this love.
I have seen His love released in this ministry in beautiful ways this year. There was evidence of this at our regional conferences and at my own local PWOC. God knows what we have to endure in the military. His sweet presence and love has been quite evident.
I know that some of you are in the midst of deployments, which is difficult to endure. I want to encourage each of you, no matter what season of life you are in to seek the Lord and trust Him. God is with you and wants to show you His deep love in the midst of your trials and suffering. You can trust Him. Allow His peace, which surpasses all understanding, to guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Praying for an incredible increase in your awareness of God’s love for you in 2010.
Captivated by His Love, Brenda, President, PWOC International
