God Provides! (from Mom)

Philippians 4:19   "And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus."

Matthew 6:31-32  "Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all."

Matthew 7:11  "If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!"

I am REJOICING this morning at all that God has allowed and provided for Emma.  The stats as of this morning are:  

232 blog page views  This ENCOURAGES me to know that so many of you are following this journey and are praying for her/us!  THANK YOU!

$775 donated by 12 people  So many of these are sacrificial, we know that.  THANK YOU!

125 days till her trip.  PLEASE keep PRAYING that God would provide and that she would be ready!

$675 needed before the end of May...(she can order plane tickets when this goal is met)

One of my greatest joys this past week is watching God use all of you to provide for this trip.  A friend of mine from college and I would always wonder how God was going to help us pay our bills.  Humanly speaking there was no way it was going to happen.  We were doing all that we could by working as much as we humanly could and endeavoring to TRUST Him with the rest.  EVERY TIME He provided.  We rejoiced and said with the Psalmist  in ...

Psalm 37:25 (NLT)  "Once I was young, and now I am old.  Yet I have never seen the godly abandoned or their children begging for bread."

I sit in awe of what God is doing both in the physical provision of money and in her heart as she desires to be a blessing to people.  She is always ready to serve.  Even this week, she went to a lady's house and meticulously cleaned and dusted, never asking for pay just desiring to help the best that she can.  

I keep remembering the verse in James that says "Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you." (James 1:27).

That is how I pray for Emma, and all of my children...that their religion would be pure and genuine in the sight of our Heavenly Father and that they would not just talk about their faith but that they would LIVE it LOUD!

Thanks again for being part of this journey!  

We truly appreciate each of you.

~Momma B