Road Trip.........If you only knew all of the "faith" that went into leaving Virginia on this road trip. At this point (since the journey is almost over) I don't mind telling you, the last time I left Virginia, I was dealing with some issues that had me in an ER in Ohio, and that when we left Virginia, the only money we had for this trip was $150 given to us by two different women of God. Let me start from the very beginning...You see in January my friend invited me to her company party. I was so needing a miracle that I began to look at this party as an opportunity to see who I might meet....who would either be able to bless me, or connect me to someone who could bless me...while I was getting ready for this party, God literally showed me how I was all about me and how I needed to be blessed and who could bless me.
Rather shocked to find out that I was all about me :), I sincerely repented..., but then I became righteously angry and I immediately said, "God I hate Poverty!" I became very aware that it was my "lack" that made me look for who could bless me...surely if God says "Give and it will be given unto you good measure, pressed down and shaken together, will God cause men to give to you." Well I knew God's promise was true, so I was looking for who God would use to give to me what I just couldn't do for myself as a single mom.
Can I just tell you now, that you will never ever succeed at life, if all you think about is you. The sad thing is sometimes you don't even realize that you've stopped thinking of others and only think about you. It's a major revelation to yourself, when you realize it. Anyway, when I said "God I hate Poverty!!!" He said, well what if money was no problem? What would you be doing differently tonight?" and I answered, "Well instead of going to see who might be a blessing to me, if all of my needs were met and I had excess, then I would be going tonight to see who I might be able to bless." I literally felt God say, "If you truly believe that Poverty is broken off of your life, even before you see it, then you need to start behaving as if it has already happened." Well from that moment on, I became very excited about this party and went to see who I could be a blessing to in some way.
Would you believe that when we arrived at the party, we were looking for a table and found one that had one lady seated there. As we approached she lifted her head and we saw that she had been crying....we also noticed that she was from our church. She shared that she had been praying, her father had been admitted to ICU and death was certain. She prayed no one would sit with her until she could get herself together, and as she lifted her head from prayer, there we were. I was able to share comfort with her regarding loss I had experienced, and revelation I had from going through that, that encouraged her. We were laughing by the end of the night, but before the night ended, God sent 4 other people to our table, who all were there by His appointment. God used my friend and I to encourage, challenge, comfort, and befriend those around us.
I had learned that I could go and be a blessing, even without money, and that Poverty was broken off of my life. It starts in the mind....then it will manifest in the natural. We are half way there now! :)
I say all of that, to explain why I decided to take this trip....I knew I needed to spend some time with my daughter. We needed to get away, and we both had a desire to bless people all along the way on this trip. I felt so strongly to take this trip that I did this completely in faith...natural wisdom would say don't go if you don't have the money to go....but I knew what I was hearing....Go. You'll never know the challenge that this was to my faith and my "common sense", but I also can tell you now, that with all we have experienced...I know I heard Him correctly. Tomorrow I will post a few of the AMAZING things that God has allowed us to be a part of on this trip....I cannot wait to share them with you...
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