04/25/2025
Warning! This is a long post BUT GOD! I awoke this morning to a text from a friend. Her husband was reading his Bible this morning and came upon this page in Isaiah. I read what is highlighted to the right of the photo of a woman in handcuffs and my mouth fell open. I had no idea that anyone in this world would publish a Bible and put Isaiah 30:18 Ministries and The Harbor Home in the bible. This is the Global Impact Bible.
When I wrote the book, Living Isaiah 30:18 in 2010, God began to take my life in a new and amazing direction. I sold my business of 34 years, sold my dream home and moved to a place where I knew few people. The ministry that I began from the writing of the book, Isaiah 30:18 Ministries, had been in the women's prisons in Arkansas for several years and we had heard the cry of the women for the need of a safe haven, a place where they could learn about God, learn about who they are in Christ and where they could be loved and could heal from the many traumas they had faced, most since young children. The Harbor Home, through God connecting me with Larry Ward and the good people of Servants Chapel General Baptist Church was born from this desire in my heart!
Only God could send a huge "GOD NOD" to me this morning through my friend. Just look at our mighty God and how He directs our steps and places us in just the right spot for "such a time as this." I am overwhelmed this morning and have been in tears remembering and acknowledging just what He has done through our little ministry, Isaiah 30:18 Ministries, born out of personal despair in the middle of the night when a little book was downloaded into my brain. How could I have known or seen just all that God would do with a simple prayer, "Lord, take me wherever you want me to go. I'll do whatever you want me to do." And He took me up on that offer and connected me with the people and the place where His will would be done in my life and in the lives of so many. BUT GOD! I praise Him this morning for using me for His kingdom purpose, the saving of many lives!
Now...I've gotta go order a Global Impact Bible and find out who published it!