The Blessings in Disguise Ministry With God ALL things are possible

written by Anna Christine Veach

Short Bio: This is a story about how Gods story has, thus far, been played out in my life. His story for my life has included many mountain tops of blessings and many valleys of tragedy. However, God has and continues to always have a mighty plan for my life. Mostly, this memoir tells the story of my mothers journey through cancer and how that experience drastically changed my life. Through the tragedy of my mother passing away when I was 15 years old, God later revealed that according to His plan this is actually a blessing in disguise. This realization led to my passion for spreading Gods love to cancer patients through one handmade hat and blanket at a time. In only one short year, God has provided 764 handmade hats and blankets for cancer patients in Indiana and across the United States. It is my prayer that you will be encouraged and inspired through this story of Gods amazing plan for my life. Because of Him, I have a reason to live and rejoice each day. To God be all the glory and praise forever and ever!

Cause what if your blessings come through raindrops? What if Your healing comes through tears? What if the thousand sleepless nights are what it takes to know You're near? What if trials of this life are Your mercies in disguise? ~ Blessings by Laura Story

One very late evening in the spring of 2011, these beautiful lyrics by Laura Story touched me in a very special way for the very first time. Whether these lyrics had merely crossed through my ears before, I do not recall. However, on this very late spring evening, God allowed His promises to soak into my heart through these sweet lyrics.

How could it ever be possible for blessings to come through these dreadful raindrops? Is it not impossible for healing to come through these painful tears that are puddling in front of me? These many sleepless nights are only making my heart grow weary. How could all of these actually make me acknowledge how near my Savior is to me? These very questions are the ones that trampled through my mind on this late spring evening as I sat in confusion in my family's living room. The very same living room where my mom and I had shared so many laughs, joyful tears, and memories prior to this night. However, on this particular evening, my mother was not there with me to hold me and make me laugh. Once again, I ask, How could this be a blessing in disguise?

On March 4, 2011 - just a few days prior to this evening described above - my mother was rushed to St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. A part of me wants to say that this was an expected occurrence. However, can anything so life-changing ever be completely expected? Nearly a year of pain and illness had passed for my mother before

March 4, 2011. From June of 2010 to March of 2011, an unknown illness was making my mother terribly sick. Despite her agonizing pain, she refused to go to the doctor, hoping that it would soon just disappear. My mother thought for sure that there was a simple, naturopathic solution to her pain. Sleepless nights were the least that I could sacrifice in an attempt to figure out what might be causing her to be so ill. I was sure that God would

help me find a naturopathic cure for her illness. However, those 10 months passed and whatever the illness that was overtaking her body was only getting worse by the day. Because of this time that had passed, I wish I could say her being rushed to the hospital on March 4, 2011, was expected. Much to the contrary, it was one the most unexpected evenings of my life.

Prior to my mother being rushed to the hospital on March 4, 2011, my father had first driven her to the emergency room at a local hospital. I was instructed to stay home, as this was most likely nothing too concerning. I pleaded that my parents call me with every tidbit of news they received. For a short period of time, they did call. However, a point came when hours passed and I did not receive any phone calls.

In attempt to calm my fears, I prayed fervently and cleaned our entire five bedroom, two-story house. After many hours, which seemed like days, passed, the phone finally rang. At that point, the phone was tightly clenched in my trembling hand. I immediately answered, much sooner than my mother expected. The first words that I heard were not intended for me to hear, but rather intended for my father whom was with her. These

words were, Before we tell Anna everything, let us wait and make sure the doctors predictions are correct. My mother proceeded to gently tell me of a tumor in her abdomen and that she was on her way to the hospital in an ambulance. My father would come home to be with me and take me to see her the following morning. As the days approached for her surgery to take place, I knew in my heart that we were about to begin a very difficult journey.

Could it be cancer? pondered everyone just a couple of days later on March 7th, 2012, as the surgeon wheeled my mother back to the operating room for surgery. The doctors knew that they could not wait long to remove the tumor. Thus, only three days passed between her arrival at the hospital and her surgery. Although many family

members confidently repeated that the surgery was no big deal, I had a gut feeling that, yes, it was cancer. As I mentioned previously, I had overheard my mother saying to my father on the night that she was rushed to the hospital that they should wait to tell me something about her tumor. I was just sure that this tidbit of unexplained information was the fact that the doctors were 99% positive the tumor was cancer. However, nothing could have ever truly prepared me to hear the words, Your mother, Brenda, has stage 3 Ovarian Cancer. That night I wept harder and longer than I ever have in my entire life.

If the dreadfully long surgery was not long enough, my mother had to stay in recovery for an extended period of time. None of the family could see her until she was returned to her room. Almost ten hours had passed when I finally saw her hospital bed

turn the corner towards her room. Although she was barely conscious, I gave her the biggest hug ever.

Following her surgery, she had a long recovery in the hospital. My sister, who is twelve years older than me and currently a nurse, stayed in my mother's hospital room to keep a close eye on her. For several days, my father and I slept in straight-backed chairs in the hospital waiting room. Eventually, the day came when my father and I had to travel home to gather a few things for my mother and tend to needs there. I would only be away from my precious mother for one night, but it seemed like I was saying good-bye for so much longer.

That night the first night away from my mother after her surgery was the night when God allowed me to hear those beautiful lyrics from Laura Story. God's promises within her song penetrated into my soul and became an anchor for my weary heart to cling to. However, I was unable to understand how this incredibly difficult situation could actually be a blessing in disguise.

I believe that this was the night of March 9. I remember thinking that only two short months had passed since my mother's 55th birthday on January 9, 2011. Also, I remember praying that God would allow her to reach her 56th birthday with the birthday present of being cancer-free. Soon, you will read that this was not God's will for my mother's life.

The following days our hearts were filled with so much sadness and despair. However, my mother was dedicated to taking each day one at a time and rejoicing in each day that God gave her. She strongly requested that she tackle the first few days of her

recovery before facing the news of whether the tumor was cancer. Eventually, my father was forced to break the news to her and we all had to face reality. As hard as it is to remember the exact date that this occurred, it is my guess that approximately one week had passed since her surgery on March 7, 2011. To this day, I can still visualize the looks on all of our faces, including my mother's face, when an unknowing nurse asked when my mother's chemotherapy would begin. This was the question that launched my fathers need to break the news to my mother.

As if it were yesterday, I can remember him signaling the family to step out of the room. I can remember walking the dreadful steps down to the waiting room as we waited for my father to explain the news to my mother.

After awhile, my father told us that we could come back into my mother's room. After returning to her room, she shared with me that she knew it was cancer by the looks on mine and my sister's faces when she first returned to her room after her surgery about a week prior to this day. She delayed hearing the words from us simply to let herself adjust to the news. As my courageous mother always did, she wanted to be there for her family when the news was given to her. Even at that point, I still could not understand how this situation could be a blessing in disguise.

Behind the brave face that my mother put on in front of us, I could see the fear in her eyes. However, that fear did not linger. As she proceeded to receive chemotherapy and

face all of the challenges that cancer brought, she faced each one with much faith and confidence in the Lord. Because of her outlook on life and her amazing faith in the Lord, I am the young woman that I am today. She inspired me in ways that can not be put into words. My mother's example will linger in my heart forever.

Nine long, yet such short, months passed before God called my mother home to be with Him. On December 22, 2011, my life once again changed dramatically. That day, I was reminded once again of God's promises that had previously penetrated into my soul from Laura Story's song earlier that year on March 9. Still, I did not understand how this situation could be a blessing in disguise. However, I realized on that very day that surely somehow God would eventually reveal the blessing in the situation. Somehow God would surely reveal how this tragedy is a part of His plan for my life. If He did not, I knew that my heart could not heal.

From that day forward, I committed myself to praying for God to use this tragedy in my life for His glory. Whatever it took; however long I had to wait; whatever I had to sacrifice; despite how much it hurt then I had to believe in God's plan to use this as a blessing in disguise.

Being 15 years old at the time, I thought perhaps I would be an adult before God answered my prayer. Oh ye of little faith is the only way I can accurately describe that understatement of when and how God would answer my prayer.

Only nine months later, God began to answer my prayer. He began to plant the necessary seeds in my heart that would soon be used to turn this tragedy into a blessing in disguise. I knew that God would soon use my miniscule amount of faith for His glory. God reminds us in His word that it only takes faith the size of a mustard seed for Him to move mountains in our lives. Truly, my friend, with God ALL things are possible!

On September 10, 2013, I turned 17 years old and can confidently say that God has and will continue to use this situation in my life as a blessing in disguise. My friends, you may be asking how God could have possibly turned a situation, such as my precious mother passing away from cancer, for His glory?

In Psalm 121, we are reminded that God is the Maker of heaven and earth. He is our Creator, Savior, Lord, and Great Physician. NOTHING is a lost cause to Him. He can turn ANYTHING into a powerful blessing.

The details of this blessing in disguise in my life are too numerous to explain in just a few words. In my mother's memory, The Blessings in Disguise Ministry was begun in November of 2012, not even one year from the date that my mother passed away. It may

have been my hands and feet that began the ministry, but it was God's power and leading that made it grow.

It all began with a small hat that was given to my mother after one of her chemotherapy treatments. My mother wore this hat every day from the day that it was given to her until soon before she passed away. She was blown away by the kindness and compassion of whoever hand-made it. The impact and blessing of this is truly hard to explain in words. From personal experience, I know that the family of a cancer patient simply longs for their loved one to be encouraged, happy, and to feel whole again. This is how my mother felt after she received her special hand-made hat. Yes, a hat in our human eyes may not be anything spectacular. But, in God's eyes, it is an avenue to share His unfailing love and compassion with His children.

Through the impact of this small act of kindness in my mother's life, God brought to my attention at the age of 16 years old that His plan for me includes pouring my heart into the lives of cancer patients and their families.

In the summer of 2012, I was packing up every corner of the house that I had lived in my entire life. Following my mother's death, my dad and I decided that it was time to move closer to our church family at Wilkinson Church of Christ in Wilkinson, Indiana. As hard as this was, we confidently knew that this was God's plan and we must follow His plans for our lives.

Throughout the very difficult process of packing away my mother's things, her special hand-made hat fell out of the cabinet that once sat beside her hospital bed. Instantly, I was reminded of God's incredible love that was shown to my mother through this hat.

Prior to this day, I had been fervently praying for God to give me a purpose. I felt a great need to use these incredibly difficult circumstances for His glory. Well, on that day when I rediscovered my mother's hat, God answered my prayer. That day I realized a portion of God's plan for my life. God clearly spoke to me that I must repay this act of kindness that was shown to my mother. Thus, I began to learn how to crochet hats. With much practice, many ripped out stitches, and the patient help of a wonderful friend, I finally completed my first hat. It was exhilarating to feel God's presence and know that He already had a specific person picked out to receive that hat. From that point, I made a goal to maybe make 15-20 hats in a year's time. After doing so, I would deliver them to a local chemotherapy unit and encourage the lives of cancer patients like my mother was once encouraged. Now, I must ask you: Is anything impossible for God?

Without a shadow of doubt, I can answer confidently that NOTHING is impossible for God. ALL things are possible through His mighty power and love for His children. When I made that tiny goal of 15-20 hats in a year's time, I had absolutely no clue as to how much God was planning to bless.

After one month's time of crocheting and praying, I shared this goal with my very best friend, Jessica. From that day forward, God has blessed in unimaginable ways. As I shared my goal with Jessica, she immediately exclaimed her excitement and willingness to join me on my mission. Together, we prayed for God's anointing, presence, and power to be placed upon every step we took. We prayed for God's plans to be our plans and His will to be the outcome of this ministry. Lastly, we prayed for God to place the perfect name in our minds for this ministry to be called. From there, we just had to trust and follow God's leading.

Shortly after we prayed together, I began to remember the significance of Laura Story's song, Blessings, in both mine and my mother's lives. After remembering this, I

realized that God was instructing me call the ministry something along the lines of Blessings. I could feel God tugging on my heart to trust Him and wait for the rest of the name to be revealed. Thus, I prayed, waited, and prayed some more. Eventually, the day came when I felt it was time to call Jessica and explain what God had revealed to me. As I explained the story behind Blessings, she excited shared the words that God had laid on her heart. These words were, In Disguise. She explained that these words also came from a song that she loved. However, at that moment in time, she could not remember the exact song.

A while later, we were traveling in the car together when Blessings by Laura Story was played on K-love Radio. Instantly, we both exclaimed, That is the song! We then realized that God revealed the name of the ministry to us through the same exact song. God

knew exactly the perfect name that this ministry should be called. Through God's leading, we proceeded to combine Blessings and In Disguise to form The Blessings in Disguise Ministry.

Truly, there is so much meaning behind those words, blessings in disguise. Often, situations in our lives are a blessing in disguise. In the moment, tragedies seem to be the furthest thing from a blessing. However, through God's mighty power, a tragedy can be transformed into a blessing.

Through the tragedy of watching my mother battle cancer and witnessing her last few breaths here on earth, God has later transformed that tragedy into a blessing. Through His mighty power, He is using me to encourage and witness to cancer patients and families who have witnessed similar sights.

Jessica and I decided that the first step towards the growth of The Blessings in Disguise Ministry was to approach our minister and share our ideas with him. He was immediately on board and shared his excitement of this new opportunity. He also shared his prayer for God to reveal a way to incorporate more prayer into our church. As we explained the mission of The Blessings in Disguise Ministry, he nodded in agreement and has shown his complete support ever since. Praise the Lord this was the first step of many more that God has used to grow this ministry!

You may now be asking, What exactly is the mission of The Blessings in Disguise Ministry? Simply put, The Blessings in Disguise Ministry is a ministry devoted to encouraging and sharing God's love with cancer patients through the hand-made hats and blankets. To further explain that mission, it is my prayer that God will empty me of myself and use every part of my life for His glory. This ministry is an opportunity that God has blessed me with to glorify His Wonderful Name and allow Him to transform tragedies into blessings. There is no limit to what God can accomplish through a willing vessel. Daily, I fervently pray for God to give me the strength and wisdom to be that willing vessel. I want to be the type of willing vessel that He can continually use to shape and mold the future of The Blessings in Disguise Ministry. This ministry truly is touching so many lives. The impact that we can see with our human eyes is only a miniscule portion of the impact that God sees and knows.

To explain the impact that we can see with our human eyes, is a blessing that will completely blow you away. In a very short time of less than one year, God has blessed in countless ways. He continually expands and grows our mission into all that He has planned to fulfill through The Blessings in Disguise Ministry.

Soon after speaking with our minister, Jessica and I approached the congregation at Wilkinson Church of Christ with an invitation to join us on our mission. We briefly explained God's calling for us to proceed with His plans to transform tragedies into blessings. Our invitation was for the congregation and community to join us with our mission of making hats and blankets for cancer patients. Considering that this was still all

taking place within the one or two remaining weeks of November 2012, we prayerfully decided to make our first goal be for Christmas 2012. We asked the congregation to join us and make handmade items to donate towards our very first goal. All of these donations were then prayed over and delivered to St. Vincents Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana the very same hospital where my mother received chemotherapy treatments.

Thus, on December 22, 2012, we delivered our first collection of hats and blankets to St. Vincent's Hospital. Without a shadow of doubt, I can confidently say that God hand-

picked this day for us to visit St. Vincent's Hospital. If you remember, December 22nd was the day that my mother passed away making December 22, 2012 the one year anniversary of the day that she went home to be with her Lord and Savior. For the entire previous year, I dreaded the one year anniversary. However, God hand-picked that day to be a special day that my best friend and I will both remember for the rest of our lives. We both strongly felt God's tugging on our hearts to be obedient and at visit St. Vincent's Hospital on that day. Thus, we followed God's leading and were astonished to feel His presence; see His power; hear His blessings; and witness tragedies being transformed into blessings through God's mighty power.

On December 22, 2012, Jessica and I delivered the first 100 hats and blankets towards The Blessings in Disguise Ministry's mission. Wow God is amazing! If you will remember, my initial goal was to deliver 15-20 hats in a year's time. Now, in only one month's time, we had already delivered 100 hats and blankets.

One month following this special day, Jessica and I had already collected 50 more hats and blankets, bringing our grand total to 150 handmade items. Thus, we delivered this next collection of items to Peyton Manning's Children Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana in January of 2013. It was not God's plan for us to personally deliver these items to the children with cancer, but God most definitely worked in mighty ways through those handmade items. Shortly after, the hospital expressed tremendous gratitude to us for our donation and explained how many lives our donations were impacting. Praise the Lord!

Prayerfully, we then decided that God was tugging on our hearts to reach out to the cancer patients at Riley Children's Hospital for Easter of 2013. For this collection, God provided another 100 hats and blankets! Each one of those hats and blankets represents a life that was shown God's love through a simple act of kindness. This collection of 100 hats and blankets now brings us to an incredible total of 250 donated hats and blankets in 5 month's time. Now, my friends, I ask you...do you think that God is finished blessing in this ministry?

Most definitely, God was in no way, shape, or form finished blessing this ministry. After visiting Riley Children's Hospital in April of 2013, Jessica and I discussed a very monumental goal that God had been previously laying on my heart. This monumental goal was to hold a fundraiser for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry at some point in the following summer. Considering this would need to be planned in only three - four months, this almost seemed like an impossible task to our human minds. However, through much more prayer and thought, God clearly spoke to me that I must do this.

Once again, I approached my minister at Wilkinson Church of Christ and asked if I could promote this goal to the congregation. Amazingly, he trusted me yet again and willingly reserved a time slot for me to do so. Throughout the coming months, I completely devoted myself to planning and organizing this fundraiser, as God prompted me to do so.

Prayerfully, I considered what these funds should specifically support. As I prayed for God's leading, He revealed to me a very special camp in Martinsville, Indiana Camp Little Red Door. This camp is completely devoted to ministering to and encouraging children, ages 8-18, who have been closely affected by cancer. I immediately felt drawn

to this camp and God poured out His blessings. Through many conversations with representatives from the camp and Little Red Door Agency, I shared my thoughts and calling to support their camp. Thus, they granted my request to establish a scholarship fund at the camp. This scholarship is specifically devoted to helping individuals from Camp Little Red Door fulfill and accomplish any dream that God has laid on their heart.

Again, I say, NOTHING is impossible for God. He has the ability to transform tragedies into blessings. This is the message that I so strongly feel led to relay to the children and teens at Camp Little Red Door. Just as God transformed a tragedy into a blessing in my life, He also has the power to do for them. Thus, The Jeremiah 29:11 Scholarship Fund is an avenue for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry to encourage these children and teens to move forward with their dreams. When looked at in the right

perspective, cancer is not a death-sentence. Rather, it is a statement of life a new beginning. This is true because God can transform tragedies into blessings.

To begin, The Blessings in Disguise Ministry made a commitment to The Little Red Door Agency to raise enough money for 3 - $1,000 scholarships. Although this seemed like a very monumental goal, God truly blessed.

With all of our goals in place, we then proceeded to organize our first big event. Throughout the preparation, God tremendously blessed in countless ways. Thus, on July 20, 2013, The Blessings in Disguise Ministry held its first fundraiser ~ The HOPE Fundraiser. 100% of the proceeds from this event went toward The Jeremiah 29:11 Scholarship Fund. On that special day, we raised over $1,000 and had an amazing turn-out of approximately 75 people. At the beautiful Boondocks Farm in Knightstown, Indiana, we enjoyed God's blessings of delicious food, amazing music, an inspiring walk-a-thon, breathtaking balloon release, and exciting auction. God's anointing on The Blessings in Disguise Ministry was, once again, so strongly revealed at our first fundraiser. God is so good!

In addition to our goal of 3 - $1,000 scholarships, we collected hats for the children and blankets for the parents at Camp Little Red Door. We collected an amazing total 150 hats and blankets, bringing us to an outstanding total of 400 handmade items. These hats and blankets were given to the individuals at Camp Little Red Door, along with information about the scholarship fund and a special Bible for each child. As of October 2013, we have

reached our goal of 3 - $1,000 scholarships, which will be awarded at the beginning of 2014. It is my prayer that God might bless this amount and provide another $1,000 by the beginning of 2014. Truly, with God all things are possible. God has and continues to bless

in so many ways through The Blessings in Disguise Ministry's partnership with Camp Little Red Door.

Following our first fundraiser, God began to lead me in an interesting direction for Christmas 2013. Through much prayer, I began to realize that His plan for Christmas 2013 was for the ministry to reach out to cancer patients all over the United States. Thus, No Boundaries Christmas Project 2013 was formed. Beginning December 1, 2013, hats and blankets will be delivered all over the United States to cancer patients that have been nominated by their family members and friends. In addition to this, Lord-willing, we plan to, once again, deliver handmade hats and blankets to St. Vincent's Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In just the short amount of time of a couple months, God has already provided hundreds of handmade hats and blankets for Christmas 2013. One hundred and forty of these were provided by The Indiana Women's Prison in Greenfield, Indiana. As of December 10, 2013, God has provided a total of 314 hats and blankets. That outstanding number brings The Blessings in Disguise Ministry to a very blessed number of 664 hats and blankets in the past year. Praise the Lord!

As the ministry continues to spread and grow, many organizations and churches are learning of God's many blessings and great plans for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry. One of these organizations was The Indiana Women's Prison. After finding out about our ministry, they decided to make it a community service project for the ladies at the prison. Thus, in a couple month's time, the ladies crocheted and knitted 140 handmade hats for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry! What a blessing! It is my prayer that, as the ministry grows, God will provide more opportunities for organizations, businesses, and churches to get involved with The Blessings in Disguise Ministry.

Considering the large amount of donations that are already pouring in for this Christmas, my minister at Wilkinson Church of Christ has willingly provided a large space for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry to craft a beautiful Christmas display to excite the congregation about God's continuous blessings on this ministry.

As God continues to bless and anoint this ministry with His mighty love and power, I can only dream of what He has planned for the future of this ministry. Truly, God can turn tragedies into blessings. Whatever His will; wherever He leads; whenever He calls; however He desires for me to serve, I will follow His plans for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry. God has mighty plans for this ministry without a doubt, I know that He will continue to change lives through simple acts of kindness.

This is my blessing in disguise...what is yours? God has a plan and a purpose for every tear we shed; every smile that beams from our faces; and every raindrop that falls on our lives. When we surrender our lives to Him, tragedies truly can become blessings in disguise.

God has given us each special talents and He longs for us to use for His glory. Maybe your talent is crocheting, knitting, or sewing? Will you devote yourself to using that talent for His glory? Perhaps, you are blessed with a compassionate heart to pray for ministries? Will you devote yourself to praying for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry? Or, maybe God has blessed you to overflowing and you feel led to give financially? Will you obey God's tugging of your heart and help The Blessings in Disguise Ministry in that way? Perhaps, you are blessed in another way and God is asking you to help us expand our ministry. Will you step out in faith and help? Or, perhaps, you feel passionate about another worthy cause. Will you follow that passion and fulfill your own calling? However God has blessed you, pray about how you can use your talents for His glory. God truly has a mighty plan for each of our lives and He desires for us to use them for His glory.

Without a shadow of doubt, we believe that God has many more mighty plans for The Blessings in Disguise Ministry. We encourage you to share the blessings of this ministry with your family, friends, and community. Through the obedience of His children, God can truly bless and turn tragedies into blessings.

In conclusion, thank you for taking the time to read about The Blessings in Disguise Ministry and God's blessings on this incredible outreach to cancer patients. Truly, I am only the vessel that God is using to fulfill His will for turning tragedies into blessings. I praise and glorify my Lord and Savior for working in my life in ways that I could have never imagined. Our lives are truly a masterpiece that is being woven together day by day. Each day is a strand of His beautiful masterpiece. Trust in His plan; believe in His love; love as He loves us; and serve as He has called us to serve. To God be ALL the glory and praise! :)

Encouraging Bible Verses that are the Inspiration behind The Blessings in Disguise Ministry:

Psalm 118: 13-14 ~ I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me. The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.

Psalm 118: 24 ~ This is the day that the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Jeremiah 29:11 ~ For I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Colossians 3:23 ~ Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

2 Timothy 1:7 ~ For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.

1 Peter 4:10 11 ~ "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength that God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To Him be all the glory and power for ever and ever. Amen."

1 Timothy 4:12 ~ Dont let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

Matthew 19:26 ~ Jesus looked at them and said, With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Romans 8:28 ~ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Philippians 4: 4-9 ~ Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything is excellent or praiseworthythink about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in meput it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.