So do not worry saying,"What shall we eat?", or "What shall we drink?", of "What shall we wear?". For the pagans run after all these things, and your Heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
Matthew 6:31-34

God is faithful....
As some of you know Kevin hasn't had steady work since we went to Jamaica in May. But....all bills are current. Every time there is a bill coming due Kevin is asked to do home repairs or God provides in some other manner. So it has been a summer of learning deeper trust in God's faithfulness to provide. Saturday was the biggest proof of this fact so far.

It began last Sunday when I picked up applications for the Jamaica mission trip in January. Even after getting the apps. I wasn't fully convinced that this was God's calling-thought it was just me wanting to go. So I put out a fleece that if He wanted us to go that He would have to provide the $40 app fee because otherwise the money wasn't there for it.
Kevin pulled bushes out for a lady and charged her a small amount. She wrote the check for a larger amount. Okay there is the app fee money but this weeks paycheck didn't quite cover the bills so maybe I should put that toward gas needs. That was Thursday.
Saturday in the mail Kevin gets a thank you note from a customer in Farmland that he had done bathroom work for and had installed an entrance ramp for. The customer had already paid Kevin but enclosed with the note was an additional check. The note stated that they were very pleased with the work he had done. They felt he had not charged them enough. What an encouragement that was for Kevin.

SOooooo.. we are going to Jamaica in January AND all bills are still current AND my husband has a smile on his face.

God is faithful!

Fruit

Wow, things are relatively calm around here this week in comparison to the past few weeks. Boy am I glad! Almost wonder if it is the "calm before the storm".

Anyway here is a thought shared with me by a co-worker today based on "God being the vine and we being the branches". In a book by Roy Hesson he states that the fruit we produce is not for ourselves but for other people. I never considered who would benefit from the fruit. Of course the fruit would be the fruit of the Spirit. So I have asked myself "What kind of fruit am I offering people?" Is it small, unripened, and bitter? Or is the fruit like a big piece of juicy, sweet Indiana canatlope? The answer depends on how much I have been in the "Son" and how much "Living Water" has rained down on me.

Yard Sale

Hey Everyone,

We are having a HUGE YARD SALE at our house in Bartonia on Friday and Saturday starting at 8:00 both mornings. All monies go to Melissa and Aaron to help with their Jamaica move.

We have clothes, household things, toys, dishes, Christmas decorations, dolls, tools, plus left over merchandise and shelving from our Christian Bookstore days

Come, buy, and help send the Blacks to Jamaica

Obedience

Mark 14: 36
"Abba, Father," He said, everything is possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.

Birth Announcement

To all those at work who may check this blog.
Pam D. is now Grandma.
Connor Michael was born by C-section Friday night at around 10:00. Weighing in at 7lbs and 20.5 inches long. Don't have any details-Sorry.

Awesome

What an awesome Bible study tonight! There are 6 of us from work that meet on Tuesday nights for prayer & Bible study. Tonight's meeting was definitely Spirit led! We now have a new sister in Christ and many questions answered from the scriptures. Do it again LORD.

Rust or Heavenly Stuff?

Don't store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasure in Heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:19-21

I started what feels like a monumental project of cleaning out the attic, closets, and drawers in preparation of having a rummage sale. Why? I am donating whatever money is raised to the Jamaica account for Melissa and Aaron, Audrey & Braylon.

We found some curtain rods that had been put in the attic in case we would need them some day. Now they are rusted and of no use. So much for storing up treasure on earth.

I pray that the money raised will someday be treasure in Heaven as the people of Jamaica hear the Good News of Jesus Christ.

Drop me a line if you would like to donate items for the sale.