Just Thinking......"big", "little"

As I sit in my house, just thinking, I am reminded of just how much I have been forgiven. It's so much. More then I could ever truly remember. I can remember "big" things, "little" things. All sin just the same. And all gone. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, covered....by the BLOOD!

I AM WHITE...as snow. Beautiful, glistening in the light of my savior, my father. Still. Still and beautiful.

Just thinking.

Striving for that Proverbs 31 Thang!

   
     I read about the women in Proverbs 31 and think, "Can I ever get even HALF way there?" I WANT to......I REALLY want to. I want to be a blessing, to my husband, my children, my friends, my community, even the whole world! I know that's a pretty big dream, but it's the dream the Lord's given me. I study this lady and try to see her dreams, try to think about the songs she must have sang to the Lord in the night as she sewed or baked or just interceded for her family. Was she happy all the time? Did she see her dreams come true? Were her prayers answered in her life time?
     Sounds like she pressed on and into the Father's heart daily. I want to be THAT women. The one that doesn't grow weary as the days, weeks, months or longer pass with no HUGE fruit to show for her work in heaven. I want to be faithful to what the Lord's placing in me and complete the work he has set before me.
       I am back at pressing into the Lord's heart about this shop. It's all a bit overwhelming to me, so my reaction seems to be to back away from this More Than Rubies dream and try to forget about it. Wrong? Yes.  Easy?  NO! The Lord keeps placing people in my life that encourage me to go for it!
    Just today I was having a chat with a new friend and found out she's a BUSINESS MAJOR! She's like, "I think I can help you with that." What the heck???!!!! AWESOME!
     Just a little encouragement to keep pressing in. Don't give up. His dreams are WORTH all the time and tears you put into them.

I AM worth far more then rubies. And, so are you!
Heather

More than Rubies vision and purpose!

More thanRubiesProv.31:10

The Lord has given me an idea. He has revised this idea many times the past few months. It started out as a way to bless the local missionaries with clothes and household items at no cost. Then he showed me a storefront. Finally, as of this date, I have connected with several ladies, missionaries and supporters of missionaries, that have items to sell, but nowhere to sell them. If they sold their goods, it would assist them in staying in the mission field and/or sewing money into missions. And finally, he told me the name “More than Rubies”. I believe the store has three purposes as of this time:

Purpose one: To connect with the local community through personal interaction, tracks, prayer, encouragement at a storefront location.

Purpose two: To create income for missionaries to stay in the mission field.

Purpose three: To offer reasonably priced merchandise to the community through quality second hand clothing and house hold items.

I believe the store is to be a place of blessing for the community and a way to get the gospel preached in our community. I am looking for an organization to come under at this time.

What I am looking for is help in managing the business side of the store, a 501C3 to accept the donations, and just plain spiritual support! I think it needs to have a board of directors possibly, to make decisions on hours, budget, etc.

On the money side, I feel I am to raise the budget for the monthly bills and start up costs through fundraising. I believe I am to manage the store and have ideas of how to staff the store along with several ladies that would like to offer their time already!

Sincerely and Humbly,

Heather K. Dowling