sooo, back in january God was trying to tell me something…it made absolutely NO sense to me what-so-ever…i even had a post that included it…but i dismissed the thought…i started telling myself all of the reasons it couldn’t work…
there’s no way!!!
then a few short weeks ago God was telling me again…fortunately this time i actually listened…ok, i at least gave it a second thought…and at the same time i gave it a second thought i was reading this book…and was told not to settle, but to be a “heretic”…
sooo, i decided to do what God was telling me no matter how rediculous it sounded to me…
see there was a pastor at our church, who was taking a lead pastor role at another church…he was taking his wife and two boys and moving them up north a little ways…the youngest of them was just weeks old…this couple is AMAZING…they have these HUGE hearts to just serve God and do whatever He calls them to do…even if it didn’t make sense…
God was telling me that our journey community (mid-sized group) needed to send them off in God-like fashion…we needed to take on something that only God could make happen…we needed to send them off in a “new” vehicle…
it didn’t make sense…our journey community is comprised mainly of people in their 20′s and 30′s…most of them have at least one child…most have more…this isn’t exactly a great time financially for anyone…and we only had two weeks until they were moving away…
there’s no way!!!
we picked out a van at a local dealer…our goal was $7,500…and in 7 days…7 DAYS…i had $7,750…we underestimated God…just a TAD!!!
back to the drawing board…this time we let God draw the picture…it was a BIG picture…He came up with over $11,500 in a matter of 11 days…11 DAYS…and we were able to purchase a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan with just over 15,000 miles on it…DVD player…stow-n-go…the whole nine yards…and we sent them on their way in God-like fashion…
we had a big party…they had NO CLUE…until the owner of the dealership came to the party…(he is well known in the community)…he gave a quick speech and handed them a new set of keys…afterward all they could say was…
there’s no way!!!
(well, my pastor friend also called me a bad name…can’t share that with you…)
it was amazing to see what God is capable of doing…when we are quiet long enough to hear Him…and when we hear Him to trust Him…to just get out of the way and be a part of what He wants to do…to see the effect that it has on people…it AWESOME to see Him work when…
there’s no way!!!
