A SUDDENLY moment given to us by - GOD!
Back in November we had an unfortunate situation happen to us
relating to our 2006 Dodge Durango. Let's see, how can I put this? No
sugar coating here, it was REPOED by the loan company! Sad day
in our world since we had never had anything like that happen before.
We never saw it coming as we had been in contact with the finance
company and they were "working with us" on it. We
discovered why God says "The borrower is servant to the
lender." And we don't want to serve anyone other than The
King of Kings and Lord of Lords! Over the next few hours we came to
the realization that it in fact did happen, and it was OK, and we
were not knuckle heads, and God is for us no mater what. Now with all
the emotion out of the way we could focus on the next step - PRAYER!
"Lord, You know we need transportation to get back and forth to
church, go to the store, take the kids to the bus stop and everything
else for day to day living. (As if He didn't know. LOL!) We thank You
and give You praise for Your provision of a vehicle that will fit our
family given to us debt free in Jesus' name." Over a period of a
few weeks we were without a family vehicle. Wow I never realized the
importance of having a vehicle - I mean maybe I just took for granted
the ability to just get in it and go or the independence it provided.
We did not immediately let people in on our "secret"
because we didn’t want to make anyone feel obligated to give us a
ride or feel sorry for us or whatever. There were those who we did
tell because they needed to know, since we had made commitments to be
certain places etc. There was a family who saw the need and started
taking us to and from Wednesday nite church services each week. THANK
GOD!!! The same family loaned us their car on several occasions
during the day so Marsha could run errands, got to the store and the
like. (Funny thing: People who knew we were without transportation
would call and ask, "are you guys home we want to come drop
something off" LOL! of course we're home, we can’t leave!) We
had a couple neighbors who also stepped in and took Marsha to the
store and the kids to school on those really cold days and things
like that. THANK GOD!! As the weeks went on we continued to thank God
for his provision of a family vehicle for us. Sometimes we would look
out the window and by faith say to each other, "look
at our vehicle isn't it great? Thank You Jesus we have that vehicle
given to us debt free Glory to God You are our source!" Over
time we become quite accustomed to believing for rides and
transportation. I rode the Harley to and from work each day so
getting to work was never a problem. I did catch a ride from a
co-worker on that 13 degree morning - to cold to ride for me. One of
my favorite stories of miraculous provision in the Bible is found in
1Kings 17. Elijah was instructed by God to go
to a brook where God said He would command food to be flown in
by ravens (Did you catch that? God commanded the ravens to
bring in the food!) and the water was from a brook that flowed near
by. After that brook dried up because there had been no rain, God
instructed Elijah to go to a town called Zarephath and dwell there.
It goes on to say "I have commanded a widow woman there
to sustain you." There it is again, the word command - God
commanded a widow woman to sustain Elijah! If you want to know
what ended up happening with Elijah go read the passage. Incredible!
What the Lord showed us was, He was in control of our vehicle
situation, our food situation our ANY
situation! He had in fact, commanded many people to provide various
things for us during this time! We had cash gifts, groceries, gift
cards, Omaha Steak pkg, rides, provided for us from people we know as
well as people we have never met (but hope to). It was also during
this time The Lord showed us that constant praise is the key to
constant victory. We have always praised God but now it is
different because we see how important it is to Him and us! We praise
God for every victory because the small ones, like getting
favor with a utility company, add up. So here we are thanking God,
praising God, believing we receive what we pray, believing we have
what we say, when our SUDDENLY hits! I get a call from a friend who
tells me he knows of someone who wants to (anonymously) give
us a vehicle that will "fit our family." I was taken back
for a second because the guy who called had already done so much for
us. He told me he and another friend would be over the next morning
to deliver the gift. Marsha and I cried as we began to thank &
praise God for His provision. I could not sleep that night, I was so
excited! I was up early the next day excited to see the gift God had
provided. At 9.30am there was a knock at the door Marsha and I opened
it to our two friends beaming with love and joy! We invited them in
briefly then went right back out to see what they had delivered. It
was a vehicle "that would fit our family given to us debt free"
just as we had prayed, praised and believed God for!!!! Now that
would've been enough right? As they say on tv "Wait, that's not
all" it is a 99 Dodge Ram 1500xlt Laramie king cab! It has brand
new tires, brand new battery, full tank of gas, all the fluids are
new, AND 3 months of insurance is paid too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank
You Jesus! Once all the papers were in order we took it for a maiden
voyage - to Wal-Mart! LOL!! We had been unable to attend Sunday
Church services as a family but now we can and have been!!! We are so
excited about how this all came about and no one can get any of the
Glory except God. So to You Lord we continue to give You the glory
and praise for your provision of a vehicle that will fit our family
given to us debt free!!!!!
I want this testimony to encourage you, to spark your faith to believe God for the impossible. He is no respecter of persons He did it for us He wants to do it for you!!
**I left out the names of those who we know that helped us for privacy reasons. You know who you are, we know who you are, but most importantly God knows who you are and He will not be out-given.**
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