Dear Precious Sister,

My heart is filled with so much joy in writing this letter to you! I’m not sure where you are in life, but it is my prayer that you see God’s faithfulness woven as the constant thread throughout my story and connecting it to yours in the name of Jesus!

Ever since I accepted Jesus into my heart back in 2005, I knew that God had an amazing plan for my life. He had saved me from my sins, a pit of despair, and a life without hope! I was confident that He was going to use me for His great purpose!

Sister, I so wish I could tell you that life has been a breeze ever since, but that would leave no room for God’s constant grace, mercy, and everlasting love!

You see, one of my greatest struggles in life actually had very little to do with the physical side of my disability. It was more about how I tried so hard to learn how to live as a young Jesus-loving woman who happened to talk unlike others and had a daily routine that was filled with relying solely on others to assist me with basic living tasks. I believed the lie that my struggles were deeply rooted in something other than what the women around me were experiencing. 

I hate to tell you this but... I actually am not the most gracious moving or eloquently speaking woman you’ll ever meet. (It might be the 500-pound clunker of a wheelchair or my loud personality, Well, probably a little of both.) Needless to say, I had a really hard time finding my place in women’s ministry. I felt so alone and thought I had to figure out life myself. To others, I appeared to posses such confidence in who I was, but in reality, I wondered if they even saw me, not the over-comer of life’s obstacles or the girl that smiles a lot, but just me!

Have you ever felt that way? Prayed that He would change the hearts of the other people so you can just be you?

What if I told you that God performed a major surgery of my heart in the past few years.  He removed all the insecurities, the desires to “fit in”, and the seeds of doubt like, “What if I’m not good enough?”  He showered me with His love, filled with His purpose, and lovingly asked me to place my full identity in who He is.  This is something I have to remember and commit to every single day, and on some days, every hour! 

So, imagine my reaction when God led me to pray about beginning a ministry for women like you. Yea…I know, right?! I think He giggled when I thought He was pointing to the empty chair next to me. Well, He wasn’t! In the stillness, I was reminded that God desires to turn our greatest struggles into opportunities to bring His treasured children to His feet to be washed by His life-saving blood. Through this, we are invited to spend all of Eternity with Jesus! In a relationship with Jesus, you and I can experience total freedom and complete joy in our calling when we willingly surrender our lives to Him.

I’m dedicating Roll Called Ministries to coming alongside you and all of our sisters as we experience the depth of God’s endless love for each and every one of us! Whether you have been on this journey for many years or you’re not sure you’re ready to take the first step, we are here right beside you! As we dive into God’s Word together, we hope to learn and apply the Truth of His loving Word. We can live in confidence knowing that in His Holy Name He has a specific calling on each of our lives!

         Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” - Isaiah 6:8 (NASB)

Are you ready to go? I am! We are on this journey together!

Praying for you, sweet sister!

In Jesus’ Everlasting Love,
Angela