cantwaitbentons: September 2009

cantwaitbentons

Who knows what you might find here... but likely it will be about our kids and the wonderful family that God has built for us. As always, we can't wait!! -- "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." James 1:27 NIV

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Beautiful, beautiful day

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

S - I - X - T - Y ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I've been teetering around the 60 mark (60 lbs lost) for a few weeks now... one day it would be 58, the next 57.5, then 59 and even 59.5... then last week it was 60, but since it kept going up and down, I didn't want to post, for fear it would be back to 57 the next day.
But this morning... it was 62!!!...
so even if it teeters, I'm still claiming SIXTY!!! Whaaa-hooo!!!
.Let's Roll!!

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

A letter from Steven Curtis Chapman and Scott Hasenbalg

Dear Friend,

We serve an amazing God who cares so much for the hurting, the lost, the rejected. Throughout the Scriptures, from Deut. 10:18, "He defends the cause of the fatherless..." to James 1:27, "Religion that is pure and undefiled before the Father is this: to care for (visit) orphans and widows in their distress...", we see that God's heart beats for orphans. But even more amazing is the fact that He asks us, His church, to join Him in His Kingdom work.

It's like God is leaning down, as a father to his child, saying, "Do you want to do something crazy? I want to invite you to truly come and know me, to see me show up, to see me come in power and bring glory to my name. I want to invite you to care for orphans and participate in adoption, because I am the Father to the fatherless and I will be found there.” What an amazing invitation! Shaohannah's Hope wants to help you answer this call.

As you step out in faith, we encourage you to H.O.P.E.- Hear from God, Obey Him, Plan properly, and Expect miracles! Remember, God delights in putting the fatherless in families, just as it gave Him great pleasure to purchase our freedom and bring us to Himself through the blood of Jesus. When we were alone, rejected, undeserving and broken, He became a Father to the fatherless; let us, as the body of Christ, go forth and do likewise.

With hope for the fatherless,
Steven Curtis Chapman and Scott Hasenbalg (Executive Director, Shaohannah's Hope)

Learn more about how to get your church involved.

Email us at church@shaohannahshope.org with any questions or comments.