Get Your Feet Wet

I will never be able to wrap my mind around the way that God works, his intricate planning and creativity is more than I can comprehend!

We had one week left to meet our first financial deadline. Two days before the deadline and $2500 left to raise I was beginning to feel discouraged. I knew God said we were supposed to go but why wasn't he helping us? I figured our timing was off, maybe we weren't supposed to go in January, but I was sure that God had said January. In my heart I knew it would work out, it always does. 

On the last day we had every dollar accounted for! Why do I even bother doubting?!

Thank you SO much to all of you who felt the call to give to us, both in finances and your prayers! 

We are officially going to Guatemala!!

I read this recently in Draw the Circle and it met me right where I'm at, "Faith is not a noun, it is a verb. An action verb. The greatest and truest statement of faith is a life well lived. It is faith fleshed out through risks and sacrifices. It is daring to go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention."

I have wanted to go to Guatemala and be part of a team down there for over a year now. I prayed that if it was still supposed to happen that God would put it on Timothy's heart too and that he would be the one to bring it up. And that's exactly what happened.  HA! Thank you Jesus! So after more prayer we realized this is something that was going to happen. We made plans to move and started asking for money. We sold our truck and for the next month I rode my bike to work everyday. Every step we took was a simple act of faith. Looking back just a few weeks to that time I laugh because what in the world?! We are crazy people! We had absolutely no idea where the financial support would come from.  But we trusted God and knew he had something up his sleeve. 

As we were leaving our home in North Carolina behind it hit me just how crazy I am. Once again I was letting go of comfort and everything logical to go after a dream God placed inside of me. But I do this because I know if I want something, or want to see God move I have to make a move. 

Think about the Israelites on the banks of the Jordan River, that is all that stood between them and  the Promised Land. God told the priests to step into the river.  So yea their feet got a little wet, but if they didn't obey and act on faith the waters would have never parted. Some of us are so close to the dream or the promise or the miracle, but we're waiting for God to part the river, while God is waiting for us to get our feet wet. 

If we decide to act as if God will answer our prayers, I can't help but believe God will move to honor our faith.