I listened to a podcast today about how in order to position yourself for something extraordinary like a miracle you cannot expect and accept normal results. You must have Faith. The sermon came from the story in Mark Chapter 5 where a woman who had been bleeding for 12 years and could find no cure knew she would be healed if she just touched Jesus cloak. She expected a miracle and she found one. Others touched him as he was surrounded on all sides but the did not expect a miracle and thus did not receive one. The woman was healed by Faith.
I made a conscious decision today. I asked for and decided to trust God to work miracles in my own life.
You see Ben and I have enormous student loan debt to the point that the minimum monthly payments exceed my monthly income and Ben's income is unreliable at this point. We survive by the generosity of our family and we scrape just enough money together to pay our debts. In the past God has opened normal doors for us to just get by and continue to struggle because they are our solutions and not his. I work extra hours here and there, we borrow from family, I work a 2nd job occasionally.
I am now trusting that God will help Ben to skyrocket into a success with his Law office. I know that he will soon make enough to not only pay our debts but support us. We will pay off our debts early, we will purchase a home, we will find the finances to adopt and we will discover a financial peace that will allow us to give freely without worrying about the consequences of that giving on our own livelihood. We will be able to do great things for God and his kingdom through the generosity he will show us.
For those of you who know me this is a very big breakthrough as I have always relied on myself to find solutions to my problems and tend to be a pessimist. Please Pray for me so that I can remain in Faith and Trust God to work his wonderful plan in my life which I believe includes financial peace.
I would encourage you to Trust God in whatever struggle you are encountering as well. Imagine your life if God worked a miracle in that situation, write it down and then Trust that it will happen.
God bless and work Miracles in your life and mine.
Moved In
16 years ago
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I think it is awesome that you have had a breakthrough in your faith.
I want to remind you (because I have needed to be reminded of this so many times in my life), that God does not promise it will be easy or that we will not struggle. Even when He gave manna to the Israelites, He only gave it to them one day at a time. Sometimes the struggle serves a purpose.
I am not telling you this to discourage, but rather to encourage you. As someone who has struggled with their health, their finances, their faith, and their childbearing ability, I really do understand the desire to "get out of the rut". However, in my experience, God has taught me that sometimes the rut is in His will.
Remember, Paul was in prison during the best part of his ministry!
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