Friday morning, May 21st. I was in the middle of a three day intensive at church. All-In days to help us prepared for the season to come in our new facility. God was moving and doing miracles on our behalf.
In addition to that, I was also preparing for a gigantic birthday weekend. My youngest, Noella had turned eight years old that day and my husband's birthday followed a day after.
As I rolled out of bed that morning my mind was on two things: party planning (because Noella had invited her entire class to an outdoor party at our house the next day) and strategic thinking. I woke up. Went for a quick run. Made sure our kids were set for the day, and I was off to attend my first 9am meeting that morning.
It had been just over two months since I launched the book, Just Be. I had sold around 70 to 80 copies all together both on my website and through Amazon. It was a slow go, but all in all, I was simply thankful that God gave me the opportunity to write. If my girls were the only ones who read the book, it would be a gift to them of what God was doing in mommy's life.
It was a morning like every other morning, but little did I know that today was the day God would begin an extraordinary miracle on my behalf.
It was days earlier in the solemn stillness of night that I circled my home's main level and prayed. I prayed that God would do something supernatural with my book. "In the years that are ahead, when people ask me how this happened," I prayed, "I want the only way to explain it to be that You did it, God. It wasn't me or my strength, working harder and longer. It simply and honestly was all You." I didn't know how or when, but this was the cry of my heart.
Today was the day God would begin to answer that prayer.
Before I finished my twenty minute drive to work, my husband started texting me. "What's going on," he said. "My phone keeps buzzing because you are getting so many orders from your website." I quickly parked the car and did a fast scan of social media. I didn't notice anything unusual so I told him I had no idea what was going on.
With his sleuthing skill set, he uncovered the source of all my orders. It was from the testimony of a beautiful girl named Faith Lee.
At the end of her mother's facebook live bible study that morning, Faith proceeded to tell the audience about how much Just Be had touched her life. It wasn't me, mind you, it was God speaking to her as she read the book.
During one of my breaks that day I watched the video of her testimony and cried ... again. Her story was like an arrow that pierced my heart and life, breaking it into a trillion little God-confirming pieces.
She did not know this, but the book was birthed out of a desire to see women and young ladies stop striving to figure out their purpose and just let God mold who they are. If we simply let God form us the inside, I believe He will do the miracles and open doors before us. That is exactly what her testimony was about.
He can unfold our purpose on the journey as we simply become who He wants us to be, with character He can use.
A miracle happened in that moment, when I least expected it. God's presence came rushing in like a tidal wave of confirmation straight from His heart to mine.
There's so much more to the story that I hope someday to share. I'm writing it all down in my journal, in letters to God, as a testimony log of sorts. I don't want to forget the miracles He has done. They fuel my faith for the future.
I wonder what miracles God has waiting around the corner in your life. It might not come when you want it to, in your timetable. Sometimes, it's when you least expect it that God breaks through your situation and ushers in a miracle. He begins to answer the prayers that you've prayed over the years. The things that you've cried out to Him in the secret places of your heart, He begins to answer openly.
I want to encourage your heart today with Galatians 6:9. Don't be weary in doing good, for in due time you will reap a harvest.
"There is no prayer you pray that God doesn't hear. No purpose God has placed on your life that He can't fulfill. Have faith and keep going. Keep praying. Keep believing. Keep responding in obedience. Keep hoping. God will come through."
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