Friends & Family,
Less than a month ago I had my first financial deadline of $6,000. It is unbelievable to see what God has been doing in my heart, and how he has provided for me financially! I logged into my account on the 18th of May (4 days before my deadline) to find that my first deadline was completely funded, and I am so encouraged by God’s faithfulness as he answers prayer.
An update on my current financial status: I am approaching my second deadline (July 2) of $9,000 with a current balance of $6,790, and I am praying that God would continue to put people in my path to support me financially.
As my heart prepares for my next year, I feel as if God has been speaking to me as I meditate on scripture and am renewed through His Word. It is so very easy to fall into a place where you desire to have God as a possession. Something you keep safe, and don’t like people touching. A measurable thing. And, in the same way, I find it to be a common path we all fall into. We fill ourselves up and store the grace of God in our hearts, and forget to realize that we fill ourselves up to pour the goodness of God on others. And what I am reminded is this, there is a God who is immeasurable, infinite in goodness, all knowing, all powerful – a being that is infinite in wisdom, and knows the words I will speak even before I approach Him – and he will never fit in our finite boxes. And as I am reminded of this, I am deeply convicted and at the same time overwhelming encouraged. At times I find myself in a place where I try to measure what God can and can not do, and in my flesh, doubt what God can and cannot do. But as God continues to speak, I am reminded the vastness of God. He is the same God who created the heavens into being with a word- who raised the dead – healed the leper – and he has revealed Himself to us, and has poured out His Spirit on us. And it changes everything about how we worship and approach the throne of God.
