I am sure you are wondering why the name, “Green Places Empowering the Teen Mom”. Well it’s a simple story really.
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| Saleah 7months |
After the death of my daughter I was really angry at the world and especially at this being God. Everyone kept telling me that God did this for a reason; that there is a reason why Saleah (my daughter) died that Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, that was not the explanation I was looking for.
I had an awesome high school social worker and he tried all the time to get me to come to church with him, I always refused. Until one day. Now it is important to know that at the time I lived really far away from the school it was a two hour bus ride and only 30 minutes in the car.
So this was the deal; he would give me and my sister a ride home only if we went to church and listened to T.D. Jakes speak. It was a really cold night and I somewhat liked T.D. Jakes. It was a deal. I sat there in the audience really close minded. I did not want to be there but then he started telling the story of how God fed all these people in the desert with one fish and one loaf of bread. These people were in a desert place yet, they saw green pastures. Then T.D. Jakes challenged us to look in our rearview mirrors and find what green places God has given us.
Well when I looked into my rearview mirror my green place was my daughter. So I guess now I am posing the same question to all young mothers….What Green Places has life given you? I say life because I am no religious guru, but I do know that sometimes things happen in our lives that can change who we are. That green place can become that light in our lives. Before I had her I felt that I was in such a dark place. I didn’t understand why I was dealt such crappy cards in this game of life. But once I saw her face a very special light entered my life and I started to see green pastures.
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| Green Pastures |
So again, I challenge you to think of the Green Places life has given you and let that empower you to be GREAT by your own definition. And that is how you get…. “Green Places Empowering the Teen Mom”.
