Who would have thought spending $50,000 would be so difficult?

Old myspace blog dated 10.11.06

Well, I'm sure most of you know that we have moved into our new youth building @ church. It's not quite finished ~ but we're getting there.....

We moved in Wed Sept 27th ~ even though there were still areas that were under construction. We just simply decided to start where we were with what we got. On Thursday Sept 28th ~ a man called Pastor Dwayne & told him he was sending a check for $50,000 for us to finish the building.

This miracle brought about so many emotions! 1st off I was surprised ~ kind of taken back & wondering if I had heard Pastor Dwayne correctly. 2nd tears of joy that I could not control flooded by eyes ~ 3 years we have been working diligently on seeing this project completed & now an end was in sight; plus once again I was given the chance to see how BIG my God really is & that He is always in control ~ NO MATTER WHAT! 3rd a feeling of ~ ok.... we have the funds know, where do we start????

Well, we've started purchasing the items that we have had on a wish list & it seems so surreal ~ for so long we've had this list that seemed a mile long & it seemed to take SO long to mark 1 thing off the list. It felt so overwhelmingly impossible & I have silently prayed so many times for God to help my not feel overwhelmed being the "list holder". You see, at the bottom of our list was a "Total" and that "total" was $56,959.

With 1 one call ~ our whole world changed ~ that is how AWESOME God is ~ He can change things in a split second. When in all honestly I felt that we had still another good 2 years ahead of us of trying to come up with the funds for most of these "big" ticket items.

We immediately compiled a "budget" list ~ for those of you that know me ~ you KNOW I'm going to squeeze as much out of this $50,000 as possible! I can't help it ~ I know "to whom much is given, much is required"! So being frugial with the funds is essential.

I have to say that the youth staff have worked hard with being good stewarts of the funds. It seems like this $50,000 has given us all a renewed since of hope in seeing this building completed ~ PLUS it has seemed to unite us once more to finish this building & begin redirecting the future of our community one youth @ a time!!!!

Lastly.... I must share what God shared with me...
I woke on Friday Sept 29th at 3:00 am ~ I couldn't sleep ~ with all the wonderful news about the funds coming in ~ my mind was racing ~ I had to get up & spend some time talking to God.

I found a quite spot in the house & just set down & began to tell God that I didn't know how to say Thank You ~ I mean those 2 simple words didn't sum up the gratitude that I felt toward Him for once again providing a way when it seemed to be NO way!

After I finished speaking, I seat & simply listened to what HE had to say to me. The scripture was brought to my mind of "to whom much is given, much is required". This made me a little nervous ~ but He continued ~ reminding me of the Parable of the Talents & how the 2 servants that took the money given to them & put it to work ~ they ended up bringing more money back to the master ~ my heart began to leap because I knew that He was telling me as we begin to spend the money & look for the best prices ~ the money will "grow" and we will be able to cover more ground then we could ever imagine or think.

He reminded me that it is not the time to grow slack. No, now is the time more so than ever to continue doing our part. Both financially & physically ~ He has proven that He is ABLE, now it's our turn to prove that we are FAITHFUL!

I told Him I wanted to give out of Aaron & my need ~ money is not something that we have just sitting around the house right now. Actually our finance has been a concern to both of us for quite sometime & I told God that I wanted to "sow" out of our need ~ to remind my physical man that God is able & we will continue to put our trust in Him for our family to once again be living in freedom from financial distress.

No more did I get those words out of my mouth when He dropped an amount into my mind of what I should give ~ now ~ I'm not going to name the amount, but I will say that while it may not be a sacrifice to some, it was a sacrifice to US, but it wasn't even a fraction of the amount this kind gentlemen had already given.

He hushed me with these simple words... "You sow out of your NEED ~ $5 is the same as $50,000 to God. He only looks at the SOURCE of the funds ~ not the AMOUNT!
With that I resolved to talk to Aaron & commit to pledge this amount to our church.
God reminded me once more that $50,000 will grow if we are frugal.

He brought back to my rememberance 2 scriptures then that Aaron & I are standing on for our blessing & for the continual blessing of the youth building...."My God show supply all my needs according to HIS riches & HIS glory""He desires to bless us exceedingly & abundantly above all that we could ask or think."

Lastly... He told me that we thank Him for this blessing by continuing to be faithfulness. Our faithfulness is our THANK YOU!!!!

I truly hope this helps encourage everyone that reads this blog ~ God is not just ABLE ~ He is FAITHFUL to those who serve Him & desire to do His WILL!

God Bless!