Notes from Stephen Ministry Care Receivers

"Divorce is a situation almost half of us experience in our lifetimes, either from our parents' lives or in our own.  At best, it is a very sad and isolating experience.  Even when you love the Lord and your church, you feel the stigma associated with it.  Moving on is very difficult when your energy has been sapped.

My Stephen Minister has been a friend and Christian connection through my trials.  She has heard me voice my most private thoughts and feelings.  She has shared my tears and has quietly helped me prioritize things from a Christian perspective.  Her prayers have strengthened me.  She withholds judgement.  Her suggestions have been wise and often very witty.  She reminds me that I am exactly where I am supposed to be when I express impatience with myself.  We pray together and share chocolate and ice cream.  For me, she is a model of a courageous woman who has made good choices and is totally devoted to becoming more Christ-like in her service to others.

The world is a better place because she is in it, and I am better for her example.

Thanks be to God."