Peek and Pray at the CPC

Today was the monthly "Peek and Pray" at the Center for Pregnancy Choices.  It's a day for friends of the Center to stop by to take a peek around and to pray.  I took my lunch hour and headed to Jackson to pray for a ministry that has had a huge impact on my life.

In 1994, Barbara Beavers (the Executive Director of the CPC) spoke at my church's women's mission meeting.  As she shared about the mission and ministry of the Center, my heart was literally pounding out of my chest.  I don't think I've ever heard the call of God so strongly telling me to "GO!"  I think I went the next day and filled out a volunteer application.  I worked in Downtown Jackson and my office was not far from the Center, which was on President Street at that time.  I arranged my work schedule so that I went in to work at 6:00 am one or two mornings a week so I could get off at 3:00 pm, and then I headed over to the CPC and volunteered from 3-5.  This wasn't easy because my boys were just 5 years old and 6 months old.  Little did I know how saying "Yes" to the call to "Go" would change my life.

My Pastor, Freddie Brown, recently taught a series on the Keys to Breakthrough - http://restorationms.org/media/.  He says that giving is the key to breakthrough, really, giving is the key to everything. Those few hours a week that I gave was the key to everything my life is today.  I went in so eager to "help" others, only to find that what I had to offer was broken, fragile, and confused.  My healing came as I gave.  I thought about this as I prayed for the CPC today.  I stopped by to give a prayer.  I left a little more whole and a little more healed.

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