drenched in the down pour...

it's easy to trust God when you have $10,000.00 in the bank.

when the money is gone and the circumstances haven't changed, the word "trust" and "faith" have a whole new meaning.

it's amazing to me when i think i have it figured out and then He does what He's been planning to do since the beginning of time.

top of the line care for my child. handling financial commitments that He laid on Ryan's heart to make. using that financial commitment as a way to teach me to trust that my husband hears God's voice. Using friends as a means of provision to honor that financial commitment. it's a cycle of provision that even my best idea could have never measured up to.

When you listen and are quick to obey, He is quick to provide... every single time.

i've found that of course it's easy to trust God when you have $10,000.00 in the bank.

but what i've discovered over the last year is more valuable than any amount of money could ever pay for.

when i walk in steps of faith, God will take care of those who He calls His own, and who call Him their own, time and time again.

when i stop trying to force His hand, He moves in ways that are more creative than even the most amazing of plans that I could dream and it blesses more people than just the ones involved.

when i trust that my husband and i are in this together and we walk in obedience to the one who has called us, we become more united that even the oldest of couples.

when i stop, watch, look, and remain amazed at the hand of the Lord, my lips can't help but sing praises to the God in the highest. My feet can't help but dance before the Lord. My hands can't stop clapping in the highest of admiration to the King of all Kings. My mind can't focus on anything but the overwhelming goodness of my God.

dancing in the rain and being drenched by the down pour is a steady reminder of the Hand that is so quick to provide rain to the dry land...
watching the trees clap their hands and dance before the Lord shows me to dance the dance of victory in the land of provision...
the thunder is that of all of the angels singing over and over and over ...
Glory to God in the highest.

i take comfort in what the psalmist said "I was once young and now I am old. I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor their children begging bread."

longevity and provision.

I want to live long enough to tell of His goodness in the oldest of age. that I can look back and never once regret walking in what He's asked me to do.

what if my life could be a reflection of the hand of God at all times? what better testimony could there be?

i want to be drenched in the down pour and dance in the land of the living