walking w/ God daily..
i'm learning (yes, still learning) how many times.. its not until there are no other options or i'm at the end of my rope that it frees God to more easily move in my life. unfortunately i like to pretend i know what i'm doing & that i don't really need His assistance.. when really i can't even begin to function w/o His help.
but anyways! my little family had another one of those.. "we aren't so sure how we're gonna make it through this week" sort of weeks.. financially. a little history- my hubby & i are whittling down our debt & are better planning for our future so our money stays tight cos we're trying to put anything extra to pay things down, but anyways.. we came to a spot earlier in this week where we'd come down to the end of ALL of our diapers- something we normally have plenty of, but for whatever reason we didn't & we didn't have money for a bulk purchase of them either.. so.. what do i do? i figure, oh we can put some on our credit card & then just pay it right off, but before i do anything.. i asked the Lord for some diapers. is that silly? heck no! nothing is too silly for Him. :D so i asked Him & thanked Him for always meeting our needs- as He always does. so.. time goes by the other day & it gets to the point where one of my babies NEEDS a diaper & it was the one i had left.. so i was REALLY feeling the squeeze to get some more.. so i do what i had set to do.. run to the store to get JUST enough diapers to make it another day or two, but not until the next paycheck.. so i feel pretty good knowing i'd 'fixed' the issue for now.. woo, go me. :D then not even an hour later.. my dad comes into the house (for those whom don't know.. my hubby & i live w/ my folks (for the time being) & have since our first baby was born & passed away) & my dad asks "what size of diapers do the twins wear?" & i said "size 5, why?" & he said "cos i've been cleaning out the garage & came across a bunch of size 5 diapers.." & i go "what?! :O" he said they were in a random bag of baby items, but we have no idea why we would have had them cos the babies haven't been in size 5's THAT long & its not like we bought them in the past & then put them out there.. so i laughed & immediately knew it was an answer to prayer! if anything i can think of, humanly, they could have come over w/ a bag of toys from a family friend & they were stow aways, but even then.. they were meant to be there & found the other day! seriously made my day! man, i love my Father.
i was just sharing w/ my mom how i truly feel like God wants us living like this daily! if we would only humble ourselves & realize how we really can't do anything apart from Him. if we'd just ask Him.. & seek Him first.. He is so poised- ready to answer & to help.. it brings Him such joy & His outcome is always infinitely better than what we could even think or imagine! and no, this doesn't mean sit on our brains & not use our own common sense & not to think for ourselves, but to honestly seek & ask Him all the time & especially when we face the impossible. we must remember that impossible is nothing ( :) ) when it comes to Him.
just sayin'..
love you all.
but anyways! my little family had another one of those.. "we aren't so sure how we're gonna make it through this week" sort of weeks.. financially. a little history- my hubby & i are whittling down our debt & are better planning for our future so our money stays tight cos we're trying to put anything extra to pay things down, but anyways.. we came to a spot earlier in this week where we'd come down to the end of ALL of our diapers- something we normally have plenty of, but for whatever reason we didn't & we didn't have money for a bulk purchase of them either.. so.. what do i do? i figure, oh we can put some on our credit card & then just pay it right off, but before i do anything.. i asked the Lord for some diapers. is that silly? heck no! nothing is too silly for Him. :D so i asked Him & thanked Him for always meeting our needs- as He always does. so.. time goes by the other day & it gets to the point where one of my babies NEEDS a diaper & it was the one i had left.. so i was REALLY feeling the squeeze to get some more.. so i do what i had set to do.. run to the store to get JUST enough diapers to make it another day or two, but not until the next paycheck.. so i feel pretty good knowing i'd 'fixed' the issue for now.. woo, go me. :D then not even an hour later.. my dad comes into the house (for those whom don't know.. my hubby & i live w/ my folks (for the time being) & have since our first baby was born & passed away) & my dad asks "what size of diapers do the twins wear?" & i said "size 5, why?" & he said "cos i've been cleaning out the garage & came across a bunch of size 5 diapers.." & i go "what?! :O" he said they were in a random bag of baby items, but we have no idea why we would have had them cos the babies haven't been in size 5's THAT long & its not like we bought them in the past & then put them out there.. so i laughed & immediately knew it was an answer to prayer! if anything i can think of, humanly, they could have come over w/ a bag of toys from a family friend & they were stow aways, but even then.. they were meant to be there & found the other day! seriously made my day! man, i love my Father.
i was just sharing w/ my mom how i truly feel like God wants us living like this daily! if we would only humble ourselves & realize how we really can't do anything apart from Him. if we'd just ask Him.. & seek Him first.. He is so poised- ready to answer & to help.. it brings Him such joy & His outcome is always infinitely better than what we could even think or imagine! and no, this doesn't mean sit on our brains & not use our own common sense & not to think for ourselves, but to honestly seek & ask Him all the time & especially when we face the impossible. we must remember that impossible is nothing ( :) ) when it comes to Him.
just sayin'..
love you all.