Good Afternoon, friends, I hope everyone is having a lovely Wednesday. 🙂
Its only mid-day and already the Lord has blessed me immensely, my heart is overflowing! I just can’t help but sing His praises! So if i may, I would like share some it with you, well because actually it involves you. 🙂
This morning I woke up with fundraising on my heart, but in a different way than usual. Understand that Fundraising has been one of the heaviest burdens for me as I have prepared myself for this missions trip. I have prayed and asked God to please give me His perspective on the matter! Even still every time I have a fundraising event or someone ask how fundraising is coming along my stomach just knots up. I have felt overwhelmed and almost alone in it. Funds are being raised, they have just been in small amounts and much time in between each donation. (But with that I am that much more thankful each time one of those donations does come in! ) So this morning when I woke up with a joyful heart about fundraising, I was a bit caught off guard to say the least. haha. I could sense the Lord stirring something new in my heart and I was eager to receive it!
I met up with some friends to share some coffee and Jesus talk. As we sat, I could hardly contain myself, just so joyful in the Lord. I begin to share with them what was on my heart and asked their thoughts on my fundraising strategy. haha we all just kind of stared at each other. It was clear the Lord was creating something here but no one really had any idea how it was to be manifested. Trying not to feel defeated, I got up and took a stroll around the coffee shop. Then in an instance The Lord spoke over my spirit and I knew what He was creating in my heart!
Through this fundraising journey, I have felt so uncomfortable asking for money. Unworthy in a way, who am I to be able to raise such a large sum of money?? But fundraising was never to be about me! Its about Jesus! Just like every other aspect of this missions trip and my life! Its all for you, Jesus! We go to spread the hope of the gospel and bring glory to His beautiful name! I am not to be afraid of not being enough or being rejected. God holds every outcome in His hands and at the end of time we know who holds the victory in eternity.
So Im ready to get this fundraising wrapped and be fully funded! No longer will I hang my head knowing that I missed yet another deadline. There is victory in His name and there will be victory over this need for funds! Guys, please have faith with me! we can get this need met for His glory! Pray Boldly, Act Boldly!
Love you guys! God bless!
