Women

Fifteen years ago, God put on my heart, an undeniable desire to gather women to support and encourage each other. He guided me through the process of creating a space for women to come together to share in each other’s happy times and not so happy times, a place where women can just be how God wired them to be.

Sometimes we are quiet, sometimes we blab. Sometimes we have it together and sometimes we can’t even finish a thought. Sometimes we are incredibly brave and sometimes we shake with fear. Sometimes we give hugs and sometimes we need hugs.

Firstfruits became a touchstone of God’s deep and abiding love for women. A haven for our female souls. A place where women take care of each other.

And boy, do we need taking care of by other women. I came face to face with that truth last week.

My daughter suffered a miscarriage last week, and I do mean suffered. As women, we’ve known, or can keenly imagine, the physical and emotional pain of that kind of loss. It’s in that suffering, and its lingering effects, that we see just how powerful and comforting it is to have God’s love mirrored in the eyes, the touch, and the caring attention to detail of other women.

There was a nurse that attended to my daughter in the ER that we think may have been an angel. She just appeared right when she was needed most and took care of so many small details that made my daughter feel so much better. We never saw her again. But in that short visit, she mirrored God’s love and assured us of His presence through her feminine touch.

Women caring for and about other women. Nothing better.

In a couple weeks, we will be starting our fifteenth year of Firstfruits. Do you need the support of other women? Do you long for a place to just be who you are? Do you need a haven for your soul? We all do, that’s how God wired us.

Please come join us at Firstfruits on the evening of Wednesday, September 24th as we kick-off our new season. If you’ve thought about coming to Firstfruits but just haven’t yet, now is the time.

Who knows, there just might be an angel waiting for you.

Joan

To register for the Firstfruits kick-off on September 24 click here.