Fully Furnished Ministries

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Maryam's Story [more than just a sofa]

Maryam’s battle with cancer years ago not only stripped away her health, but also her possessions. She, along with her husband and two girls, slowly lost many of their belongings as she needed more and more medical help. During that battle, a wonderful wealthy woman with a huge house full of furniture offered for her to come over and pick out anything she wanted for her home and take it with her. This couch was one of those pieces and Maryam has treasured it ever since.

Year after year, this couch was a “home base” for her family as they have lived life together. It’s made it through move after move to new apartments in their family journey. But the latest move to a different smaller apartment meant this very special sofa could not stick around for them.

Maryam had taken such good care of this sectional, year after year, that it looked in top condition and ready to sell. Her friends encouraged her to sell it, but she insisted that she wanted to pass along the blessing that she received in her time of great need. So she called Fully Furnished Ministries.

As we picked up this couch and prayed for her and her family, we were reminded about how nothing is truly ours…it is God’s and he chooses to pass it along to family after family and be a blessing. And he gives us the opportunity to be a part of that if we so choose. She chose to be a part of passing that blessing along and we pray the next family will do the same, by giving of their own when they have more.

Maryam prayed over and cleaned this sofa before we arrived. She wanted it to be ready to be a blessing! We invite you to take a minute to pray right now and see if God will speak to you about how He wants to use you today or this week to be a blessing in someone’s life. Is it with a possession you can pass along? Is it a kind word? Is it a money contribution to our ministry or a family in need that you know? Let’s just see how God will keep His giving cycle going!

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