Full Circle, 2005-Present - continued...
Beginning the writing of her book was not only for her own benefit, coming full circle in life, but
also for the benefit of ALL women and teenage girls throughout the world. Jen's is just one more
voice added to many other voices proclaiming the transforming power of Jesus Christ and His
Word."
         What kept ringing through Jen's mind during those months of writing (and questioning God
about the no-holds-barred approach), that encouraged her to be so real and so terrifyingly
vulnerable was this scripture, "For such a time as this," from Esther 4:14 (NIV).

"I heard that scripture in my head over and over, day after day while writing,
whenever the doubts and questions would come about revealing my life history
to the world in such a stark, vulnerable, straight-forward manner, and not knowing
what the aftermath of such a bold move would be on many different levels. This
scripture from the book of Esther - encouraging her own boldness - pushed me to
more fully let go and let God's power reign in the aftermath. It was an enormous
leap of faith, not having a clue what God's next step would be after I wrote the book.
Faith and trust in God took on an even deeper meaning."

        While writing and editing the final draft of her book, Jen shared her story weekly, for nearly a
year, in a two-hour live presentation to small groups of women and female teens. This simple
act of faith and obedience to God's leading proved to be a powerfully impacting movement of His
Spirit that prompted over 100 women to be among the first of countless others to share - for the
first time in their lives - their own secret, silent, inner screaming over their sufferings and
debilitations.... whether those came by way of sins committed against them, or by their own
sin choices, or both.

"Sharing so openly with women, I was not - at that time - fully prepared for the
response. Women courageously shared how ravenous their hunger was for
practical, Biblical tools and truths that would free them and give them contentment
from their core out, content 'in whatsoever state I am, (Philippians 4:11 NIV).'
Just as I had been starving emotionally and spiritually for so long, I hear from
countless women how starving they are for real-life practical tools and
understanding of God's Word that will FREE them, and empower them to move
from simply surviving day-to-day life with all its trouble and heartache, to thriving -
purposed toward becoming ALL God created each to be."

        It was the power of God, revealing women's deeper and hidden huger and thirsts
through the live presentations, that birthed The Sara Ministry '"for such a time as this."

"I'm compelled from deep within, as though created for this purpose, to love and
care for ALL women and teenage girls who cross my path - no matter their age or
stage of life, no matter their circumstances, history or present life, no matter how
good or bad, bound or free, advanced in spiritual age or just beginning a walk with
Christ. I'm more than certain that God clearly has an Isaiah 61 mandate on my life,
just as He has a mandate, a particular calling, on the lives of many today and
throughout history: for Jonah to go to Nineveh, Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of
Jerusalem, Esther to boldly stand before the King to gain freedom for her people,
Joan of Arc to be so bold and courageous to fight like a warrior.... I oftentimes feel
alone, like a modern day Joan of Arc; but nothing, not even feeling alone, is more
important to me than following God "       

Isaiah 61 is God's mandate to all Christ followers, just like the great commission He commands.
How He designs YOUR calling from Him to be carried out will likely look and develop differently
than someone else's. We're the army of God with differing jobs to do, but there's no question,
God DOES have a job for each of us - including YOU! DO YOU KNOW GOD'S UNIQUE direction
for your life in ministry? Do you know what it really means to be a child of God, a "Christ follower?"
Do you realize what you mean to God as His child? Do you know who you are in Him, and the
power you have through His Spirit living within you?
       In an effort to also reach women who are less accessible - those in prisons, in home-life
crisis situations, hospitals, teenage girls' homes (like Teen Challenge)... God led Jen to pursue
ordination and licensing under CFMI as a Chaplain-Minister, primarily dedicated to women.

"As a licensed chaplain-minister under a recognized and respected clergy
organization (largely of police, fire, and other civil service chaplains), God has
removed the statutory boundaries that would otherwise prevent me from carrying
the Good News of Jesus Christ to ALL women, everywhere, in every circumstance. I'm now able to stop on the side of the road where an auto accident has just
occured, and nypass police and medical barrocades to minister emotionally and spiritually to those injured, stunned, and afriad, along the medical technicians ministering to physical needs. I'm now able to visit those in critical care in hospitals,
nursing homes, and those incarcerated in prisons... Every step of my ministry
journey has been, and still is, God's doing, His plan, His power, His prompting
and empowering - not my own."

By God's grace and power in hand with her committed choice toward thriving as a whole, free,
empowered woman of God, by 2005 Jen was drawing closer to coming full circle emotionally
and spiritually, embracing....

"a deeper understanding of the vastness of God, who He is intimately in our lives,
His limitless power, the empowerment of His Spirit, His immeasurable grace,
endless mercy and forgiveness, His unfathomable love and faithfulness, and His
tried and tested TRUTHS - for YOU and for me.
        "Having tried and tested God again and again on His principles and promises,
I can echo David's song of praise from 2 Samuel 22:26 (NIV), 'To the faithful You
show Yourself faithful...'"       

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