The Next Phase

I sat here last week trying to write an entry about the desire of my heart. I was totally at a loss for words. I couldn’t put two thoughts together that made any sense.
That was then.
For the past two days I have been working out the details of my new venture. In less than a month I’m going to go for grant proposal training. I am going to start a Grant Writing Service.
I have a name: Nexus Grant Writing Services
Nexus comes from the Latin and it means connection, center, core, link, network, union. It is from the past participle of nectere, to bind.

I have a Mission Statement: My purpose is to connect those who serve with the resources that make it possible

I have a foundational scripture verse/principle: 2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.

I have the beginnings of a Business Plan. I have started acquiring a library. I have contacted personal resources.

I have asked a few close friends to pray. I would welcome, accept, and appreciate other prayers for guidance. One of the hurdles I asked them to pray about was the funding for the workshop/training seminar next month. I have received the money to make that possible. Not as a loan but as an investment.

Tonight, I googled Nexus and I found this really cool sculpture. It was all intertwined and connected. And as I sat and looked at it, I began to get all teary. It was clear as clear could be I had found my heart’s desire—and I knew what it was all along.



For as absolutely long as I can remember, I have longed for and craved connection. My family’s dysfunctionality was and is expressed in disconnection. My favorite movie growing up was “The Wizard of Oz” and I think it was because I could relate with Dorothy’s search for a sense of belonging and connection.

So how cool is it that God has not only given me my heart’s desire, but begun to let me have a peek at the plans He has for me?! Answer: Way absolutely cool!