I am just down right excited right now!
The Lord has provided in such a big way over the past week. When things are bigger than me I can easily become overwhelmed. There are 2 things this week that had started to overwhelm me. The first was support raising in general. When I signed up to go in January I knew $15,500 was a huge sum of money but I broke it down and it seemed doable. Well, this week as i started to think about my first deadline of $3,500 approaching on May 1st a little bit of anxiety began to creep in. The second thing was the yard sale that i'm planning for March 31st. Im not a details person, and a big yard sale like this requires me to think about a multitude of details. Thank goodness for the new phrase that the Lord has taught me to respond with… so, over and over again this week I recited "I trust You Lord" and left it at that. Otherwise I could have gone on a perpetual rabbit trail of worry. All of these little "what if" thoughts attack me, but I just keep pressing forward with "I trust you Lord". And I do! but sometimes I just need to hear it come out of my mouth. There is power in the tongue.
Thank You Lord that You are trustworthy!
Thank You Lord that You provide!
Thank You Lord that its not up to me!
So why am I so excited today? because…
Today I have 1,477.00 in my support account and trust that the Lord will continue to provide. woohoo!
Today I have checked off my list the 3 main items I needed for my trip. (and I only had to sleep on the side walk one night to acquire them! and it was well worth it!) Thanks to the REI scratch and dent sale (its like black friday for outdoorsy people) and Laura and Allen I am now the owner of an awesome hiking pack, a 2 person tent (tiny! weighs less than 3 pounds) and a 15 degree sleeping bag, all for almost half of what the tent alone would have cost me! And I'm thanking the Lord that I acquired all 3 of these items. Anyone who has been to a scratch and dent sale knows the odds of finding all 3 of those things before the masses do are pretty slim. Oh! and I also found a backpack that will work perfectly as my laptop bag, camera bag and purse, all-in-one, for my trip!
Also, Today I have picked up my first load of donated goods to sell at my yard sale on March 31st. My roommates parents told me that had some items to donate to my yard sale, so I went by there this afternoon to pick them up. I was immensely blessed as we took load after load up the stairs and FILLED my car and had to put some in my roommates car too! It was like a reminder of the Lord's abundant provision. And did I mention that earlier in the day I had nowhere to store all of this but my friend randomly offered her basement if I needed it and I sure did with all the stuff they gave me! Also as we were planning out the yard sale today she mentioned a couple items I needed for the yard sale like a "tailgating tent" (I don't know what those are actually called) and a clothing rack. I didn't know who might have one I could borrow but then a few hours later while talking to my sister-in-law she randomly mentioned both of those items and that I could borrow them from her and her mom! Sweet 🙂
I trust You Lord. I trust You Lord. I trust You Lord.
