Founder
HONEY OWENS BELCHER
In May of 1997, my husband, best friend and pastor said he loved me but he wasn’t in love with me. After twenty-four years of marriage of which fourteen and half years being a pastor’s wife my husband wanted a divorce. This was the only man I knew, the only man I’ve ever kissed and the only man that I had been intimate with and now he was calling it quits. I felt like giving up and throwing in the towel. I felt like crawling in a hole never to come out again. I was confronted with so many things and my life was miserable. I tried to pray and seek God but I felt that God was not listening to me. I’ve served Him faithfully, attended church regularly and was actively involved in the work of the Lord and yet my world was literally falling apart.
I couldn’t sleep, eat, think clearly or function well at all. I lost so much
weight and my clothes were literally falling off of me. I would say “Lord,
why is this happening to me?”
I just did not know what to do. Every time I turned around something else
was happening and I felt overwhelmed, frustrated and distraught. I continued
to seek the Lord and there were many times I felt like my prayers were not
being heard. I felt isolated and all alone. My family and friends were
praying for me and telling me to hold on and God would bring me out. But I
felt like the sun wasn’t going to shine anymore and that my life was over.
After what seemed an eternity, God spoke to me and said “FOCUS ON ME and YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ME and FOCUS ON YOUR CHILDREN and I WILL TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING ELSE.” I slowly began to do just that. I began to read God’s word like never before, I began to pray earnestly and wholeheartedly, and I began to praise and thank God. I would say many times: “GOD I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS BUT YOU TAUGHT ME NOT TO LEAN ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING”. I began to rely totally on God and to trust Him with all of my heart, soul and mind.
I never stopped going to church, in fact I would press my way to church. I could no longer attend the church that my husband once pastored because there were too many memories and it was painful. But none the less my children and I were led by God to attend a holy ghost filled, bible believing church in Philadelphia where we resided at the time. Many times my heart was heavy and my eyes were red from crying all night but I went to church anyway. After I got to church, I would forget about myself and begin to praise and magnify the name of the Lord. When the Pastor would deliver the word of God it was like they had been right in my bedroom and heard my anguish and felt my pain. God had given them just what I needed to hear to get me through the day.
Through applying God’s word to my life, and the prayers of many, I am standing here today, and yes, “LIFE GOES ON”. God said in his word that He came to give us LIFE and that more abundantly. In God we have abundant life. The word abundant means existing in plentiful supply. This lets me know that God has everything I need to live an abundant life. Yes, my husband leaving me literally knocked the breath out of me and it seemed like I would never catch my breath again, but God stepped in and He made everything all right. I am a much better person now and I love God so much more and I am determined like never before to serve God with every fiber of my being.
Yes, “LIFE GOES ON”, and through my storm God birthed this ministry “Sister To Sister” and I marvel at the hand of God and how He has allowed me to meet so many wonderful women who are determined to live for God . In the storm of my life my children were eleven and seventeen and now thanks to God my son is twenty, a high school graduate with a wonderful job and my daughter is twenty-five, a college graduate with a master’s degree and an outstanding job. Through my storm God opened the door for me to go to graduate school and now I have a master’s degree in education administration, with a principal’s certificate for Kindergarten through 12th grade. I am currently the vice principal of our church’s school.
It’s been almost eight years now and God has sustained and satisfied my life. I am so glad that in the midst of the storm I allowed God to be the captain of my soul. In 2001, God allowed me to marry a wonderful, God fearing man. God has done so many marvelous things and I am ever so grateful to Him. I know there is nothing that God cannot do and yes, bad things do happen to good people, but God can bring good out of the bad. What Satan meant for evil God turned it around for my good. I know when the storms of life comes and when I am tested on every side, I remember what God has done already and that He will do exceedingly, abundantly above all I can ever ask or think.
In closing, if you are a pastor’s wife, or a minister’s wife, I would like to especially minister to you. I believe God has given me a word just for you, so take a few minutes and respond to this page. Remember that God will always see you through and He will never leave you, forsake you, disappoint you, walk out on you, or forget about you. He will perfect everything that concerns you. Yes, “LIFE GOES ON”, look at me I am a witness that God can bring you out of any situation or circumstance that you are ever confronted with and He will bring you out victoriously. Don’t give up on yourself and don’t ever give up on God, because God loves you and His LOVE is unconditional…
Looking forward to hearing from you…
Yours in God’s Service,
Honey
