I shared recently about our reluctant but willing heart in something we felt God calling us to do. I am cautious in sharing for fear it might be taken the wrong way but I can’t help but want to share what God did. The day we gave into God and put forth what we knew he was telling us to give financially we told the kids that God would honor obedience. God wasn’t bound by our obedience in anyway way. He didn’t owe us anything and we shouldn’t give so that we can get things in return BUT God honors and rewards an obedient heart. We encouraged our kids to be on the look out for God at work in the area of provision. It could be months down the road. We might not actually see it anytime soon but to be sure – he will provide our needs.
So we started this board the day of the offering. A way to record the ways we see God providing for us.
And literally on the first day we started it we had something to write on it. And the second day and the third. God has been providing and our kids have seen God in a new and fresh way. What started out with tears and resistance has been a process that has grown our faith incredibly, as a family.
About four days into recording God’s provision a huge storm came our way complete with 60 mph winds and hail. The next day we found a huge limb that landed on the edge of our porch but somehow missed the roof/gutter. It would’ve done some serious damage. God protected us. What’s even more wild is that a tree man had just come by our house several months earlier saying he would cut that exact limb down for us because it was dead and would eventually do roof damage if it came down. He wanted $200 to take it down. We passed. When I looked at that very limb on the ground and saw what God had done – protected and provided – I yelled for the kids to come outside. I showed them and told them about the limb and ya’ll I saw a huge light bulb go off in Mitchell’s and Sophie’s head. Mitchell says to me, “Ohhhhh I know where this is going! We paid God to take that limb down.”
Well……not exactly but yeah, you totally get it!
A few days later we go the mailbox and the only piece of mail is a $400 check from a family friend we see every few years. What???? Are you kidding me???? I call the kids in and sit on the couch and show them the check. Eyes are wide and the provision of God is once again cemented into their hearts and minds. At dinner time we revealed the good news to Randy and he too was in awe of God’s faithfulness.
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