Overwhelmed, Humbled, Loved, and Grateful

This post's title is how I feel right now.  The Secret Sister reveal party was this evening.  I finally had the privilege of meeting the sweet lady for whom I've been praying and sending small gifts to for the past year.  She's so sweet and fun, and has such a beautiful heart for Jesus!  I'm very grateful that I got to meet her and her sweet daughter. 

My SS (the one who has ministered to me for the past year) is also an incredible woman of God.  She sent me awesome goody baskets with yummy treats and wonderful, devotional books, plus thoughtful notes and cards throughout the year. I was always so excited when there was something with my name on the drop-off table.  She gave me more goodies tonight in a cool basket! My favorite candy bar, a gift card to Olive Garden, and a bible cover that she made herself are among the gifts in the basket. However, my heart was not prepared for her final gift to me.  My sweet SS, that didn't even know me until tonight kept a journal for me all year. It is full of scriptures, encouraging words, beautiful doodles, prayers, handmade bookmarks, and notes from the "Further Still" women's ministry meetings that she leads.  She read her last entry out loud at the party and I knew it was for me before she ever said my name.  I wept.  All of her words are handwritten, and boy, did she ever take a lot of her time to create this special gift for me! I can't even imagine how much time she put into writing it.  She wrote in 1/2 of the journal and encourages me to finish it.   I will treasure this book always.  I started reading some of it tonight.  I get weepy even thinking about her love, faithfulness, and obedience.  What a treasure I have found that journal, and in my new friend, who so lovingly created it just for me!

Keep looking for fingerprints, 

Kellie