When
everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the
basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do.” Romans
4:17-18
I
have been waiting to write this post…this one post… for what feels like
forever. To be honest I am struggling to
find the words that give God the most glory, because He deserves it all. So, I am going to borrow the words from
David. Praise the Lord, O my soul; all
my inmost being, praise His holy name.”
Psalm 103:1. “I will bless
the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips!" Psalm 34:1. In the last three weeks God has done the
impossible. Papers
that were non-existent appeared…people that needed to be aligned with our
journey, jumped on board, papers were translated…lots of papers in like 24
hours, Friends who I didn’t even know fasted and prayed, and what I finally
believe to be the thing that jump started it all was the work God did in my
heart through a Baptist Committee Meeting with the story of the Woman and the
Oil. (see previous post.) God had to get
me to a place in my life where I believed Him, where I believed what He said, and that I believed in His power, and that I truly let go of the control of my life,
that I had been holding onto for so long. He has been telling me the last few months to
prepare, I have been, but I saved my heart for last. I hadn’t prepared my heart…but I had a bold
friend, who had never even seen my face, stand in the gap for me and remind me gently
with scripture WHO HE WAS, AND THE POWER THAT HE HOLDs. Thank you Sara for loving me, for challenging
me, and for shoving me forward when my feet didn’t wanna go! I am forever grateful to you!
Friends we have a visa appointment! Let me repeat…WE HAVE A VISA APPOINTMENT! It was originally scheduled for July 6th. We are leaving tomorrow. Our trip and the appointment was a month away. Yesterday I called in an army of praying friends. In a matter of 6 hours a vessel from the Lord had that appointment moved to MONDAY. Like 5 days. Like next week. Like this trip! My translator friend and her students have been praying each day…again people that do not even know me. They are praying to our Father for Lily. They have adopted her into their hearts. They have been praying specifically that the Lord already knew Lily’s appointment time and date… and asked that He would release it and reveal it to us. She told me all this in a text yesterday before I received the news of the appointment. When I got the July 6th date I quickly messaged her the update…Her exact words…”You’re getting your appointment for this week! We declare it! This process has been completed already in Heaven. It is NOW. No more delays." Well…she was right. God granted us an appointment this week! When I messaged her back, so she could tell her students this was the reply I got back…”My students were in the lab and I ran to tell them! They cheered and applauded…They have taken little Lily in their hearts.” And in my soul sitting on my kitchen floor packing supplies for this trip, I felt their cheers, I heard their claps. I saw their faces and rejoiced with them to the ONE, the ONLY ONE who could make this happen. I have had quite a few friends hand me their empty jars this week to be filled with the oil from Heaven. When I get on a plane in less than 24 hours, I get to hold my daughter…knowing that this might very well be the last time that I go, that I don’t have to say goodbye. And guess how incredibly awesome and cool God is…I have 7 of my closest friends, who have held my arms up through this journey going with me to experience this! I am in awe of my Creator, my Sustainer, my Healer, my Comforter, and my friend. He is extends Grace and Mercy when I haven’t deserved it, He never gave up on me, even when I gave up on Him, He is the Great I AM. He holds our future and my trust is in Him. My heart is His.
Father, I am an empty vessel, willing to do as you ask. Go before us, but most of all let your name be glorified among the nations. You are Salvation, the only Salvation to eternal life. God draw others to You today…don’t let them be focused on stories, but focused on YOU! God we bless YOU and PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME! Thank you for the provisions you have made for us. Thank you for walking along side us, thank you for friends that carry our weight and lift our hands to you when we have no strength. God I pray you bless those that have carried me for so long. God I ask that you continue to give us a heart that desires you, longs for you, and prepares for what work you have already prepared in advance for us to do. Father I pray this in the ONLY name that Saves, Sweet Jesus. AMEN!
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