About ElephantEnk™
ElephantEnk™ owner, Diana Geegan.
(See bottom of this page for Diana's personal testimony)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The Sovereignty of our Creator matches our gifts.
No one else can do what He has prepared for us.
ElephantEnk was created to glorify God
as we direct our efforts towards
the preservation of hand-written correspondence.
"Gannon Greetings," is line carefully selected
and named after Diana's own son, Gannon.
Knowing ALL children should thrive in reading, writing & the arts,
ElephantEnk will champion this cause.
GANNON GREETINGS™:
A division of ElephantEnk supporting children in reading, writing & the arts.
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ElephantEnk™ is symbolic ...
The elephant signifies strength, intelligence and purpose
and Enk comes from the Greek word, enkauston; a purple colored wax (a seal), fixed with heat, and used by Roman Emperors to sign their names. From this we get our present word, "ink."
ElephantEnk™ sees strength, intelligence and purpose in all we produce.
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PERSONAL TESTIMONY:
"Pulled from the wreckage," of running my own life, in 2007
Looking up & living in gratitude ever since!
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From childhood I was raised with good, solid, Biblical moral values/standards and this laid the ground-work for truly who I am today. I was also taught, from early childhood, all the Bible stories except for the most important part of the Bible and that is the identity of Jesus Christ - As Lord, God & Savior - who came down from heaven as mankind's final sacrifce for all sin. Those who BELIEVE in Jesus Christ are then saved for all eternity. It's not about works - we can never be good enough or do enough to be saved by our own means. (James 2:14, Ephesians 2:8,9)
When I was 16 I left the religious upbringing of the Jehovah's Witness Organization - now hold on to your seats because when I did this the organization instructed my mother and my entire family to shun me --- to literally no longer be in communication with me at all .... I was just 16 and this profoundly effected me forever.
[The Jehovah's Witness Organziation follows the false teachings of The Watchtower Society and do NOT follow the teachings of God's holy word, The Bible.]
Being shunned, and at such a young age, was not only un-Christlike, but it really cut deep. As a result, I came to completely loathe organized religion in general. Try talking to me about religion and I was so wounded then that the hairs on my neck would stand up - I didn't want to hear one thing about it. So, I floundered around in life at this time and although my mom could not completely shun me our relationship was never the same again.
My next "bad-experience" with "good-ol'religion" came at age 20 when I started dating a man who would be my first husband and he was raised Catholic. I went to church with him but I found the church services"robotic" & nothing penetrated my heart; But we still dated and ended up getting married in the Catholic church.
After being married for a little over a year, my husband abandoned our marriage. I left with tremendous pain & heartache, marriage was forever for me, & so I felt like a failure. I went to the Catholic priest that married us (seeking Godly counsel) and this priest told me to get an annulment since this would "void" the marriage in the eyes of God and make it like it "never happened." This further freaked me out because I knew that God witnessed my marriage & I left there more confused and now pulled away from organized religion in general.
In my 20's I went my own way, avoided all organized religion, the Bible, God or anything pertaining to religion -- I believed in God, but focused on "being a good person," got really into spirituality, angels, healing oneself all that "new age" 'false-teaching stuff out there.
In the year 2000 I met my current, awesome & loving husband I am married to today. It was at this time I actively sought God because I wanted to raise my family with Biblical values and morals - never expecting to realize that the Bible is God's way of speaking to us now -- that it is very much alive and "breathed" into our daily lives and is a guide-book for living life right.
I came to personally see how God uses ALL things [especially mistakes we have made & all our mess-ups] and He completely turns it around and uses it to glorify Him when we let Him!
Being transparent is so hard but so worth it - it's just been amazing ... amazing ... He has a plan for my life, [all our lives] for us to prosper, to give us hope and a future ... [Jeremiah 29:11] .
It is important to be actively studying God's Word daily and WTBN is a great way to listen while in the car or at home. 570 & 910 AM is where you will hear phenomenal application of God's Word given in a straight-forward, easy to understand way each day!
http://www.bayword.com/ProgramGuide/
Through all of this, I learned it isn't about man-made religious doctrine but instead life is about having a personal relationship with Christ. I've found, when you spend time in His Holy Word you are spending time with Him & that's how He's able to guide me through ALL things in life.
The Bible is THE BEST HISTORY BOOK EVER WRITTEN- and is the handbook for living! All Bible prophecy has accurately & historically taken place with more to come! ... Archaeologists constantly use the Bible for historical accuracy! [ex: The great Isaiah Scroll sits in the Jerusalem museum right now!]
I can't say enough about the importance of studying the Bible daily, with a non-demonominal Bible Study Group.
In May, 2011, while finishing the study of Isaiah He did it again. He gave me these words in Isaiah 54:4-8 and He spoke directly to my heart, simply piercing it ...
(emphasis mine, underlined)
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5 For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.
6 The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
8 In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,”
says the LORD your Redeemer."
Diana K. Geegan, Owner
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