This will be quick, I just want to share something with the world tonight.
I was in the USA this past week because a friend of mine raised some moola with a garage sale and then paid the rest of the flight out of pocket. That was just the very beginning of many blessings from God.
I had an incredibly blessed week, not a regular people are nice week, but a mind-blowing week of Jesus showing me specifically how He is very involved in my life. Before I left someone randomly emailed me asking if I needed anything. Sounds like no big deal but it was huge. I had been praying for that very thing. I waited, was obedient, and then my faith sky rocketed when He answered His way. I told her "thanks for being obedient, God kept telling me to wait for the person to contact me and here you are." Several times, people would repeat something I said to God in prayer. I prayed for some extra money for shirts and a friend said verbatim "God is telling me to give you this because you want to buy t-shirts or something." I cried. My pedicure lady cried. My friend started to cry. My other friends said "knock it off!" (I love you girls). I prayed for money to pay for my extra luggage to go back. 2 separate people slipped me the EXACT amount I needed. There were also many times on my trip that God said "do not accept this or that," I obeyed making sure to only receive what He wanted me to have. America is a great place and you can be sucked back into the "I need's" very quickly.
Mid week, He prompted someone to pay for part of my sneakers that I needed. A friend's sister said, "You are so emotional!" as I cried yet another answered prayer. I thought, "No, I am not." BUT I totally am! How do you not cry when the God of the universe whispers, "this is from Me." The funny thing is that if you ask my friends what kind of emotional person I am, they would say "very controlled, straight forward, not easily swayed" but the Holy Spirit makes me teary-eyed every single time. I told her, "you did not choose to do that, God prompted you to do that because I prayed to Him for it." I think we were both just as shocked.
This tops it off. This morning, I felt God prompt me to give money to 2 great causes. I was hesitant, just being honest. God still asks me to give offerings above my tithes to my churches, of course. I must admit, sometimes, it is hard to part with money when you live off donations. With hesitation and talking it over with God, I was half obedient. (I didn't want to write that part because I was embarrassed, but obviously I felt convicted about it, so here you go). I was thinking maybe I will wait on the other and see if God reallllyyyyy is asking me to do that. Then, I crawled into bed a few minutes ago and opened an email from my church that shows God replaced the money He asked me to give up (to help someone else)... Not only that, but MORE than replaced it (with random donors).
It never gets old and it always floors me. Floors me so much I had to get out of bed and share this with you all and...to make that other donation to the other person.
My heart is so filled with joy. The kind that I do not understand. The kind that will often make me smile and only I know why. Millions of things going around me (some bad and some great) and there is this love that fills me that is ineffable. Constant calmness and feeling of awesomeness that flows inside.
I was jogging tonight and praying. Out of my mouth flowed "God, I LOVE your love." I laughed afterwards. Sometimes I ramble in prayer and this was one of those moments, but I paused in that feeling. I do. I love it. It is the reason I am obsessive about Jesus. His love is so consuming; consumes my body and consumes my mind.
To all of you that take care of me month after month, thank you for being obedient! Which allows me to be obedient as well. Heather Linn, thank you so much for taking me in every time I am home and blessing me mucho. My last day in America was spent with some of my favorite people screaming "Gimme the Beat Boys" as we drove to the airport. Although I miss them terribly at times, I would give up my very life to follow Christ and be filled with that LOVE. Doesn't matter where I go in this world, I never go alone anywhere, and there is always joy inside me. :) I found it. Have you?
Love from the DR.
I was in the USA this past week because a friend of mine raised some moola with a garage sale and then paid the rest of the flight out of pocket. That was just the very beginning of many blessings from God.
I had an incredibly blessed week, not a regular people are nice week, but a mind-blowing week of Jesus showing me specifically how He is very involved in my life. Before I left someone randomly emailed me asking if I needed anything. Sounds like no big deal but it was huge. I had been praying for that very thing. I waited, was obedient, and then my faith sky rocketed when He answered His way. I told her "thanks for being obedient, God kept telling me to wait for the person to contact me and here you are." Several times, people would repeat something I said to God in prayer. I prayed for some extra money for shirts and a friend said verbatim "God is telling me to give you this because you want to buy t-shirts or something." I cried. My pedicure lady cried. My friend started to cry. My other friends said "knock it off!" (I love you girls). I prayed for money to pay for my extra luggage to go back. 2 separate people slipped me the EXACT amount I needed. There were also many times on my trip that God said "do not accept this or that," I obeyed making sure to only receive what He wanted me to have. America is a great place and you can be sucked back into the "I need's" very quickly.
Mid week, He prompted someone to pay for part of my sneakers that I needed. A friend's sister said, "You are so emotional!" as I cried yet another answered prayer. I thought, "No, I am not." BUT I totally am! How do you not cry when the God of the universe whispers, "this is from Me." The funny thing is that if you ask my friends what kind of emotional person I am, they would say "very controlled, straight forward, not easily swayed" but the Holy Spirit makes me teary-eyed every single time. I told her, "you did not choose to do that, God prompted you to do that because I prayed to Him for it." I think we were both just as shocked.
This tops it off. This morning, I felt God prompt me to give money to 2 great causes. I was hesitant, just being honest. God still asks me to give offerings above my tithes to my churches, of course. I must admit, sometimes, it is hard to part with money when you live off donations. With hesitation and talking it over with God, I was half obedient. (I didn't want to write that part because I was embarrassed, but obviously I felt convicted about it, so here you go). I was thinking maybe I will wait on the other and see if God reallllyyyyy is asking me to do that. Then, I crawled into bed a few minutes ago and opened an email from my church that shows God replaced the money He asked me to give up (to help someone else)... Not only that, but MORE than replaced it (with random donors).
It never gets old and it always floors me. Floors me so much I had to get out of bed and share this with you all and...to make that other donation to the other person.
My heart is so filled with joy. The kind that I do not understand. The kind that will often make me smile and only I know why. Millions of things going around me (some bad and some great) and there is this love that fills me that is ineffable. Constant calmness and feeling of awesomeness that flows inside.
I was jogging tonight and praying. Out of my mouth flowed "God, I LOVE your love." I laughed afterwards. Sometimes I ramble in prayer and this was one of those moments, but I paused in that feeling. I do. I love it. It is the reason I am obsessive about Jesus. His love is so consuming; consumes my body and consumes my mind.
To all of you that take care of me month after month, thank you for being obedient! Which allows me to be obedient as well. Heather Linn, thank you so much for taking me in every time I am home and blessing me mucho. My last day in America was spent with some of my favorite people screaming "Gimme the Beat Boys" as we drove to the airport. Although I miss them terribly at times, I would give up my very life to follow Christ and be filled with that LOVE. Doesn't matter where I go in this world, I never go alone anywhere, and there is always joy inside me. :) I found it. Have you?
Love from the DR.
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