Praise

Praise the Lord!
My husband and I have been praying and seeking that deeper relationship with God. At some point, I felt like my faith had plateaued - I couldn't hear God's voice anymore and was under attack about everything under the sun. but after some time, I felt God speaking to me, "Don't give up." and scripture started popping out to me about standing firm, remaining in prayer, and continually praising Him. I kept asking him, "What's left for me to surrender, Lord?" The answer came through our finances. A lot of emergency situations arose this summer- which completely depleted our cherished vacation fund (laughable now) and began to tap into our cost of living. I am a stay at home mom and we live off one income, which is a blessing in itself that we are able to do that, but we were looking at having 5-6.00 a month left after bills and necessities (gas and groceries). It meant the sacrifice of date night and anything that isn't absolutely necessary for us to survive. As I am writing this - as much faith as I have in the Lord - I can see how much of a tight grip I needed over the checking account, that I know that he will supply all our needs, but I wasn't giving him a chance to. So, to make a long story short, we just simply prayed and said, "Okay, Lord - we know you will get us through this." I don't think it was even a day later, a friend of ours called needing a housecleaner, only a couple days a month, but enough to make up for what we are short, and now his neighbor needs some help too. So I learned a valuable lesson about putting full trust and faith in the Lord. We were backed into a corner, and I'm almost embarrassed to admit it had to get to that point for me to realize how quickly and faithfully the Lord comes through, when we just give him the chance to. He healed a part of me I didn't reaize was broken! And he is living and active in my heart and making his glory known on a much deeper and intimate level. I thank Him for his presence and for opening my eyes!
Stacie 07/31/2011 09:13

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Jake Van Horn 08/01/2011 02:22
That so Awesome Stacie. I've asked my self those same questions before. Thank You Lord for being so long suffering. God is Great!!!