1 on 1 with Brooke, Pt 2

Here we are back with Brooke, we did learn a little about her in the last post, now, it is time to dig deeper and find more, it is just like treasure hunt..
Don't forget to stop by her blo A life in need of change to read more of her amazing writing.

What is the current book you are reading?
I just finished reading “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team,” by Patrick Lencioni. My CEO asked me to read it. It’s not a Christian book, but it provides great insight into the process and importance of building a strong team in the workplace.

Tell us about your passion to help women, how it started, and where it is going?
I first came into contact with Pregnancy Care Ministry when I was in graduate school at Liberty University. While volunteering just two hours per week in order to fulfill a requirement for community service the school required, I fell in love. I found that when my time was up, I didn’t want to leave. As time went by I found ways to spend more and more time there, eventually choosing to do my practicum and internship in similar settings.

Many women and men are drawn to the pregnancy center ministry because of an abortion in their past. They desire to give truth and be used of the Lord in someone else’s life. I LOVE this real life example of comforting others with the comfort we’ve been given (2 Cor 1:4), but I don’t have that same story. I never had a crisis pregnancy. My struggle was learning to love God more than my sin. It took several failed relationships, the last of which was a devastating loss, for me to realize that God’s way really was the best way. It was out of a desire to help others see that relationships could be healthy and honor God that I was first drawn to pregnancy center ministry.

Over the past nine years I have served in various roles in five different pregnancy centers in my state. I’ve been a volunteer counselor, receptionist, board member and paid staff. I love ministry to women and I see abortion and sexual immorality in general as one of the most pervasive issues the church faces today. Abortion touches every part of who a woman is. It affects her physically, emotionally and spiritually. I have seen so many women and men broken from this choice and my heart is to help them find forgiveness and freedom in Christ while at the same time spreading truth to women still considering their options. I’m not an activist and I don’t ever see myself in that role. God has called me to a compassionate response to a devastating issue and I can’t wait to see new levels of freedom in the church as His forgiveness and restoration spread.

What do these words means to you? God, suffering, little things, wisdom, mistakes, destiny, doubt and husband?
God - provider, protector, lover of my soul, sovereign, full of grace, creator, sustainer and rock.

Suffering – the means by which God often chooses to bring us to our knees in repentance, bring deeper levels of awareness of Him, an opportunity to count it all joy (though I’m not great at this).

Little things – the everyday opportunities God gives us to be found faithful.

Wisdom – fear of the Lord (reverent awe of who He is and who I am not.)

Mistakes – not always the same thing as sin. Opportunities to grow in humility.

Destiny – God’s reason for our being.

Doubt – a normal feeling associated with not understanding the ways of God. Doubt must, at some point, be replaced with faith, which comes from deep relationship with and love for Christ.

Husband – best friend, lover, team leader, most used of the Lord to show me my sin and give me opportunity to grow.

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