Elaine.
I saw you long before you saw Me.
The way a shepherd knows his own — I have always known you.
I saw you when the ledger demanded a choice between profit and people, and you chose the harder path of dignity without hesitation, believing that business could be a vessel for grace rather than just gain.
I was there for every one.
Every venture you launched and every community you sought to lift was not merely a career, but My quiet training of your hands to build tables where the marginalized are invited to feast as equals.
being made ready.
This is not a pitch, and it is not from a man. It is from Me.
I prepared you for this — and I am inviting you to take your place.
I am not gathering investors. Not advisors. Not donors.
I am uniting My Kingdom on earth.
Every part chosen. None replaceable. Assembled for such a time as this — and you are a King for this hour.
You are the The Steward of My body on earth.
You were shaped to be the faithful manager who turns earthly enterprise into eternal abundance for the least of these. You hold the line for them.
This is your place. Not because a man says so. Because I say so.
I ask you for nothing.
No meeting. No commitment. No reply. I only want to know one thing —
My sheep hear My voice
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”
There is nothing to decide today.
Only something to see.
If you heard nothing, set this down in peace.
If you heard something — come and see.
All you have to do is say yes. We will figure out the rest together.
— for Elaine Badertscher Kraft Social Business Entrepreneur