Jordan Hope Center, 701 Pratt Avenue NW Suite 102, Huntsville, AL (2025)

Jordan Hope Center’s mission is to provide resources and services to couples, families, and individuals to assist them in achieving maximum potential and satisfaction in their relationships. We want to inspire hope and positively impact the lives of everyone we meet. Our goal is to empower couples, families, and individuals with the necessary skills and information needed to bring about the change in their lives that they desire. Many people enter counseling because they are experiencing some difficulty in their relationships with themselves or others. The goal of the counseling relationship is to help clarify the choices and the impact of each choice in the life of the client. The decision of which choice to make rests entirely with the client. Jordan Hope Center has the following objectives in its services:
- To provide the highest quality of counseling services to couples, families, and individuals.
- To provide a safe, caring, and friendly environment for every client.
- To treat each human being as a child of God created in His image for a specific purpose.
- To inspire hope in those who are struggling with challenges and difficulties in this life.
- To positively impact the lives of everyone we meet.

08/01/2024

As my counseling has come to a close, I have thought back through my many clients (note that details and abbreviations have been changed to protect identities in such a way that only they would know who I am referring to.) The first that comes to mind is Mrs. LSU. While I haven’t been her counselor in a while, I still think of her struggles. I pray for her often and the issues that I know are still present even though she acts like they aren’t. No one else around her may know, but I see her and I know. I pray she will learn contentment in Christ and really understand His unconditional love. I think about Rainbow Dash. If you were ever in my office you saw a stuffed animal on my bookshelf. It means the world to me. It was given to me by a young lady. I pray for her still and her struggles. I pray she finds her identity in Christ and knows His love. I remember EBO. I pray for their marriage and wonder often how they are doing. I hope to bump into them one day. I think of a guy I’ll call my friend. I hurt for him in the loss of his marriage. I pray he can understand it and not let it affect his relationship with God. I pray for the one that argues with me about everything. We’ve had many tense sessions, but I thank you for letting me in your circle. I know me leaving is hard for you, but you are ready. I think of the many monkeys I’ve counseled over the years. It is a challenge for me to counsel a monkey, but they have taught me so much and challenged me to grow. That is the theme with all my clients. I have learned and grown from them as much if not more than anything they’ve learned from me. I love you all and will miss you dearly. Please pray for me as I continue to pray for you!

07/12/2024

As I contemplate the end and the impact all my clients have had on me, I must first start at the beginning. I began counseling in large part due to personal trauma in my life. That is the case with most counselors. I wanted some good to come from the bad. I very much felt the words Joseph spoke to his brothers, “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.” (Gensis 50:20)

As I thought about a name for the counseling center, I spent many months praying and thinking about it. How do you put all in a name everything that is in your heart? I settled on Jordan Hope Center. Jordan is a reference to the Jordan River, the place of hope and healing in the Bible. It is what separated the children of Israel walking around aimlessly in the desert from the Promised Land. That is how I felt while in counseling and how I know many of my clients feel as well. Hope refers to the hope we have in Christ. The word is always red in our logo to remind me of the blood of Christ which gives me hope. The logo itself is three wavy lines again referencing the Jordan River. There are three in reference to the Trinity. The Trinity reminds me that God is with me. I couldn’t go to Him, so He came to me.

So there you have it. My heart in a name and logo. I have lost a few friends on this journey. Some just distanced themselves and some completely left me. Some disagreed with how I counseled friends or loved ones. Some in my responses to certain things in life, of course in most cases without knowing the truth or the whole story. In other cases the critique is valid. Throughout my heart has always been to help those that are hurting and needing Jesus to move in their lives. I pray in some small way I have been able to bring them closer to Jesus from their time with me. Through my own personal journey of healing, I don’t think I could put it in better words than the old hymn My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less. So for today, I will leave you with these words.

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, his covenant, his blood,
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found:
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand:
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

To God be the glory! Great things He hath done!

07/03/2024

Now that I have informed most of my clients, I can announce publicly. I am retiring from counseling at the end of July. There will be lots of things to say and comment on over this month. I have so many things to say about my clients and what they have taught me over these years. Since 2010 I have been blessed with the opportunity to learn and grow personally while helping others walk through some of the most difficult times of their lives. It has been a personally rewarding journey for which I am very grateful.

For the entirety of my adult life, I have been in school, worked multiple jobs, or both. At times I worked as many as four jobs at a time all while attending school! My family sacrificed greatly as a result of my dreams and me being a workaholic. This will be the first time in my life that I will have only one job. I am very much looking forward to being singularly focused and being able to spend more time with my wife and children. I am however heart broken to leave my clients that I love dearly. Thank you for trusting me to walk with you through this life. There will be more to say later, but for now, thank you!

Address

701 Pratt Avenue NW Suite 102
Huntsville, AL
35801

Telephone

+12567138829

Website

http://www.jordanhopecenter.com/

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