RECAP:
The garage sale was a huge success! With the help of friends and family I was able to make a little over $850!
May 22nd is my $6,000 dollar deadline. I’m currently at $2,600, but I was promised if I make $5,000 I’ll have a generous $1,000 donation coming my way. So, with that said, I have about $2,000 dollars left to raise.
I have less than 20 days to make my deadline so I need your prayers and financial support! I still have a long way to go till $12,491, but it’s been one heck of an experience watching God show me his faithfulness.
I’d be lying if I said I have trusted him every step of the way without questioning his character or doubting, but that’s not the case. My faith has been tested, sin has been exposed, I’ve fallen on my face, I’ve taken my eyes off the Lord, and I’ve been disobedient. However, God’s grace has exceeded every bit of my shortcomings.
God is teaching me how he uses things to move us to places of dependence so that we’re able to trust him in new ways. He wants us to be in greater intimacy with him, even at times where we want to be more self-sufficient. The Lord’s desire is for us to move to a place of deeper dependence on him.
If you know me, dependence doesn’t flow very well in my vocabulary.
I was raised to be “ strong and independent” and society has praised those words. Now-a-days relying on people is called “needy and clingy.” Society glorifies “independent woman.”
Independent: “Self-government, self-rule, home rule, separation, self-determination, sovereignty, autonomy.” “The struggle for national independence.” “Self-sufficiency, self-reliance, autonomy.”
Society’s view of independence contradicts scripture.
“Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)
If I’ve ever viewed myself as sovereign I would be my own god.
I wouldn’t need a SAVIOR. But I do.
I so desperately do.
Growing up I was taught to do things on my own and take care of myself. I’ve watched people walk in a lot of pain, pride, and heartache because “I can do it myself.”
There is a healthy balance of independence of self and dependence on the Lord for any person, but as of right now the Lord is stripping independence from me.
He is showing me I CANNOT DO THIS ON MY OWN.
No way. No how. Never gonna happen.
Please pray for my heart and that I would be solely dependent on him in every situation. Pray that God would start preparing me mentally and not letting independence or pride hinder me from what God wants to show me.
If you would like to do more you can come along side and financially support me. On the left side of this blog there’s a box with the words “Support Me.” Click that link and enter in your information.
Thank you for your support
