GOD I PRAISE YOU!!!

This post is a long time coming...and I praise Him in the struggle and I praise Him in the victory...He is Good!

God is doing so much around me....and yet when I stop and think about that...He is always at work...question is...am I stopping long enough to see what He is doing...all around me? Here lately I am seeing His hand in so much! God YOU ARE TO BE PRAISED!

First off...today...I spent some time in prayer with one of my best friends and literally in less than an hour she was texting me that God had completely answered our prayers....THANKS GOD!!! WE LIFT YOU UP AN PRAISE YOU!!!

Then tonight I was talking to a girl that is going on the Jamaica trip and she was sharing praise after praise after praise of what God is doing in her life and in the lives of others around her because of this trip....God is touching many lives even those not going....again...WE PRAISE YOU GOD...YOU ALONE GET ALL THE GLORY!

This past week I was talking to a lady at work sharing with her that I was struggling with trusting God with the rest of the money I needed for my trip and for a bill that needs to be paid...and I left work Friday asking God to show His ALMIGHTY power in the midst of my circumstances...Joey my pastor continually is telling us that Christ has the power to redeem anything....and I was specifically asking God to redeem this situation in my life....I was trying to see this situation through His lenses not my own...and then it hit me....God was allowing the struggle in my life to show her Who He is! WOW! My prayer quickly changed from Lord...HELP...to God, if you want me to struggle so that she can see you....then let me struggle! I believed in my heart that He was going to let me go back to work on Monday and tell her of His provision....guess what??? HE DID!!!

Sunday at church several things happened....a member at church gave me some money for my trip....I was told after church that someone else had dropped off a check at the church office for my trip...and there was left over....my brother gave me a huge donation....God had it ALL COVERED! And....you know it...the first thing I did when I got to work today...I went and told my friend of what God had done!!!

my prayer now is that she sees Him...The Almighty God as being my Provider! God I praise YOU!!!

trust

...so, I learned a very valuable lesson on trust this week. Tuesday was a pretty overwhelming day...it started off really good but started going downhill on my way to work when I realized that my phone was shut off cause I didn't pay the bill...basically because I didn't have the money...business has been slow...money tight...I have been trusting God day to day. Don't get me wrong, I love it...it's not fun...but it is in these times that I feel closest to God depending on Him for EVERYTHING! It was a minute by minute battle..."yes, God, I trust You...BUT...what about this bill...what about that?....then the rollercoaster...Yes, I trust You...BUT...over and over in my mind as I am trying to work on my customer's hair. I was getting exhausted just trying to keep up with my own thoughts, let alone the conversations I was trying to have with customers, pretending like I was ok when inside I was about to burst into tears! Then, a lady stopped me, she is one of the other girls customers...I had said hi to her earlier but didn't really engage in a conversation with her. She told me she wanted to give me some money for my trip to Jamaica. {Now, mind you...one of the things I had been thinking about was how I had to use my $120 that I had saved for my work rent while gone on my trip...I had to use it to pay last weeks rent at work...and through that God had shown me that it was still provision, whether for the time to come when I would be off...or now...it was His provision and i needed to adjust my focus to that!} So, this lady pulled a $20 bill out of her wallet and handed it to me and I just burst into tears with my customer sitting in my chair...I was overwhelmed. God was standing right there saying to me...."Are you going to trust me? I WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU EVEN IF IT IS $20 AT A TIME! WILL YOU JUST TRUST ME!?" Yes, LORD I will trust YOU! I think of Proverbs 3:5-6 I am commanded to trust in Him with ALL my heart and not lean on my understanding....I know that He can be trusted and I know that He will provide ALL MY NEED! His way, not mine!