As I was preparing for work this morning I began to reflect back to my junior year of high school. I was so excited about visiting Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I had decided to attend there upon graduation. However, due to a family tragedy, MY plan had to change. I didn’t think twice when my mother sat down and explained what we were facing as a family. So, I didn’t leave the summer of 1988 as I anticipated. I attended the local community college and worked to assist my family- they needed me.

If I had gone to ORU the summer of 1988, it is very likely that I wouldn’t be married to my loving and supportive husband of 26 years, nor would I be the mother of two handsome young men,nor the step grandmother of two little guys. I also would not have been be the servant and leading lady of the congregation that we served for 19 years, nor the present congregation for almost 3 years.

So, I reflect and know that it was HIS Plan… For Jeremiah 29:11 has come to have great revelation and meaning to me as I have matured and come through the “tight places” in my walk with my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

As you read this, know that God has a plan for your life, HIS plans are not of evil, they are to prosper YOU and to give YOU an expected end. Your times and seasons are in HIS HANDS.

As I close for now, my mother would often say these words to me “Trudy, Look up and Live.”

I AM HIS SERVANT,

Trudy Hansberry Anderson