As
she pulled her car into a parking slot, she actually wondered if she
had the energy to drag her overnight bag - and her body - into the lobby
of the retreat center. Three days and two nights. Would it be enough?
Would she be "refilled" enough to cope with the drain of her life?
After
checking in at the counter, she was pointed to the director's office -
one necessary stop before she hit the carpet of her private room and the
waiting bed. She knocked. A voice beckoned her and she entered.
Warm,
crinkly eyes welcomed her to sit in the soft upholstered chair. Water
was poured from a crystal pitcher into a clean, clear glass. Water. Her
throat tightened against the parch.
"What
do you hope to gain from your time here?" The question was simple,
coming to her across the short space between her and the director. She
swallowed and croaked a response, "I'm so dry. I'm praying that God will
refill me - that he will pour water back into the well of my life."
"Oh
friend," came the reply, "It doesn't work that way. A dry well can't be
refilled by water being poured into it. The only way to access new
water for a dry well is to dig deeper."
To another woman much in need of water, Jesus said: "Everyone
who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but those who drink the
water I give will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will
become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life." John
4:13-14
The meaning our name - FullFill
- is represented in this story of a dry woman and an invitation to dig
deeper to discover springs of eternal provision. We are empty. We are
thirsty. We can't give to others what we don't have ourselves. We, women
whom God has called to live out our influence, are invited to Jesus first to be filled to full before we pour ourselves out into the lives of those around us. We are called to dig deeper. FullFill helps us to do just that.
How
are you? Thirsty? Full? Somewhere in between? Where is God inviting you
to "dig deeper" that you might discover a new source of moisture? And
where might he be nudging you to pour from your resources back into FullFill so that others might be replenished?
Once each year, I ask FullFill women to give back to FullFill so that it might continue to fill other women to full. FullFill
is FREE. The digizine library of twelve issues with their rich media
applications - which garner some 400,000 impressions each year - are
sent to women for FREE. The 52 Weekly ReFills arriving like a sip of refreshment each Monday morning to the 10,000 who have registered to receive them - for FREE.
Our
tiny budget of $25,000 underwrites the cost of maintaining our online
platforms and producing two beautiful and challenging digizines and 52
inspiring Weekly ReFills each year - with no salaries paid. Did you get that? No one at FullFill takes a salary. Not even me.
And
once a year, I ask you to give back so that other women can be
replenished with the resources you've come to depend on. Pick your
number? $1 covers one woman for one year. $50 underwrites 50 women. $100
replenishes 100 women. $500 fills 500 women.
Every gift is tax deductible as FullFill is a ministry of Mission: Momentum, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Will you give back to keep FullFill FREE to fill others?
-Take a look at the video in the side bar and on our website if you'd like to know more.
-Send your gift by mail to
FullFill
PO Box 461546
Aurora, CO 80046
PO Box 461546
Aurora, CO 80046
-Give electronically at by clicking here!
Dig deeper so that women can continue to be replenished - to live out their influence.
Living full-filled,Elisa Morgan
Publisher, FullFill.org
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