Where did we get our name? Our answers begin in the book of Ecclesiastes.

"...a threefold cord is not quickly broken."
-Ecclesiastes 4:12

Our name, SureCord, was formed from this hopeful message. It tells us that when we are in need, help and a strong rescue is available to us, if only we will seek it. The scriptures are full of messages that illustrate to us that we don't have to go the journey alone.

Jeremiah the prophet tells his own story of a rescue. In chapter 38 he describes being tossed down into a broken cistern. Instead of water, it had mud, and he sank deep into it. With no way out, he was left to die.  Another man saw his plight and offered help. He threw Jeremiah a rope.  Jeremiah received the help, and was lifted out and rescued.  

He could relate to what another man, King David of Israel, wrote many years earlier:

I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 
- Psalm 40:1-2

It’s not unusual when people come to counseling for them to feel like they too are in some kind of miry pit.  We offer the cord of hope in trust they find hope and help like David and Jeremiah to land on solid ground.

A single strand may fray and break, but a threefold cord endures. When a client is offered a threefold cord they’re offered God’s grace, God’s truth and God’s care.

It’s a strong cord of hope!