Are you like me and sometimes think that miracles only happen to other people and never happen to you? I guess I sometimes view it like the lottery. I know that I could win it, but chances are it's just not going to happen to me. Don't get me wrong, I believe God is perfectly capable of any feat and nothing is too big for Him to handle, but sometimes my humanity really shows itself when I associate anything good that happens as being a product of my actions. I realize I'm not being super spiritual. Yes, at the least I could say God gave me the ability to accomplish those things and I believe that, but you know what I mean so stick around…it get's better.
So for the past month my fundraising had just come to a hault. I was in need of a mere $120 to meet my next deadline of $6,500 which was due tomorrow (12/14) and it was such a small amount of money that I was already declaring I was fully funded a month ago. I just didn't place much importance on $120 until a coulple of days ago when I realized that I didn't have the money myself to put into it due to the demands of other things to prepare for the Race. I went to church last night and was blessed so much by my pastor's message. It was so relevant to what I was needing to hear. So after the message I was about in tears because I wanted so bad to know that God was in this and that if He didn't provide the funds by some sort of miracle then I wouldn't make my deadline. I prayed that even though I didn't deserve the money that God would show me grace and provide it for me. I was honestly prepared to miss my deadline by a mere $120 and face the possiblity of not going. However, God showed me grace when I woke up this morning and looked at my account only to find that an anonymous donor had donated $123.60 to my account. I was honestly blown away, especially with the conversation Jesus and I just had the night before.
It made me think just how much He truly loves me. I look at my life and see nothing but filth and sin, but God loves me in spite of that. I realize I'm unworthy of the smallest overlooked blessing He could give me…like breathing for example. He chooses though to go above and beyond that and shower me with so much more than I could ever ask or think. I can honestly say that I have officially received a miracle without being able to associate it with my own efforts. While I realize that $120 is not much of a miracle to some of you, you just had to have been in my situation. Honestly mind blowing. While I'm not going to be foolish enough to say that I will never doubt again (I am human) I will say that He never ceases to amaze me and my faith is built up just a little more.
So that means I'm funded for 3 months on the field. Still need $9000 more to be fully funded. So be my next miracle and donate to this amazing cause to see lives transformed including my own and yours. Just click the "support me" tab to the left of the screen.
Hope this is an encouragement to you 🙂
