Psalm 34:9
Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
I did a quick post about how amazingly God provided for us recently, but I wanted to elaborate a little more on God's goodness and give you a little glimpse into the kind of God he is!
When we decided to say yes to summer hosting we knew that the $money$ would be a challenge. After we responded to the call to host 2 boys, the expense doubled, our financial situation changed, and we were definitelyworried, nervous, stressed, FEARFUL that we wouldn't be able to do it!
That ended up being the truth. WE could NOT do it.
God had something better planned. He wanted to show us who could do it. He wanted us to realize that we are in a relationship with the one who owns it all. We knew this principle in our heads, but there is just something about seeing it in real life that reminds us of his tangible promise. Phillippians 1:6
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will CARRY it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
(even when your bank account is empty).... you can take that promise to the bank! hahah cheesy
On our last day to send in payment for the boys' tickets and visas I woke up stressed out! We were still $1,400 short and had absolutely no means to come up with the money. I truly believe God wanted the glory for himself. He didn't want us to be great fundraisers or have a successful yardsale! He wanted to show how much HE LOVES MAX and DENIS. That he was the God who would carry this process through to completion. So, on our final day ....money came pouring in! People we did not know, or had not expected to donate were emailing, texting asking how to give! It was crazy! We had people give from Alaska, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee (all people I do not know at all), people from Florida and a couple family members suddenly giving. He was completing the process, in his time, and for his glory. He wasn't joking when he told me that he loves those boys more than i love my baby girl. He is a good father. Good fathers provide completely. It is that simple.
I am going to be resting on that verse above, and that completion word... because we are not through yet.
We said yes to having 5 kids in a townhouse for a whole summer. We said yes to having 2 orphan boys who do not speak English here all day every day, no breaks. We said yes to attempting to show a kind of love that we definitely do not have mastered, or perfected, because we are not perfect pretty people. (do they exist?)
hmm...
I did a quick post about how amazingly God provided for us recently, but I wanted to elaborate a little more on God's goodness and give you a little glimpse into the kind of God he is!
When we decided to say yes to summer hosting we knew that the $money$ would be a challenge. After we responded to the call to host 2 boys, the expense doubled, our financial situation changed, and we were definitely
That ended up being the truth. WE could NOT do it.
God had something better planned. He wanted to show us who could do it. He wanted us to realize that we are in a relationship with the one who owns it all. We knew this principle in our heads, but there is just something about seeing it in real life that reminds us of his tangible promise. Phillippians 1:6
being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will CARRY it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
(even when your bank account is empty).... you can take that promise to the bank! hahah cheesy
On our last day to send in payment for the boys' tickets and visas I woke up stressed out! We were still $1,400 short and had absolutely no means to come up with the money. I truly believe God wanted the glory for himself. He didn't want us to be great fundraisers or have a successful yardsale! He wanted to show how much HE LOVES MAX and DENIS. That he was the God who would carry this process through to completion. So, on our final day ....money came pouring in! People we did not know, or had not expected to donate were emailing, texting asking how to give! It was crazy! We had people give from Alaska, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee (all people I do not know at all), people from Florida and a couple family members suddenly giving. He was completing the process, in his time, and for his glory. He wasn't joking when he told me that he loves those boys more than i love my baby girl. He is a good father. Good fathers provide completely. It is that simple.
I am going to be resting on that verse above, and that completion word... because we are not through yet.
We said yes to having 5 kids in a townhouse for a whole summer. We said yes to having 2 orphan boys who do not speak English here all day every day, no breaks. We said yes to attempting to show a kind of love that we definitely do not have mastered, or perfected, because we are not perfect pretty people. (do they exist?)
hmm...
Psalm 34:9
Fear the Lord, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.
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