Here's a Faith Builder for you!

Once again Jackson has been up tonight. This time making it until 3 a.m. before he needed to let off some energy. So mom came into the room and said that she would take him. Well, I could hear him cry at different times so I decided to get up as well. So mom stayed up with me and shared these 2 testimonies of 2 different couples from our church. Mom and Jackson are off to sleep, but I am wide awake with more faith and renewed strength in my Heavenly Father. So here are some faith building stories for you.

The first couple have attended our church for as long as I can remember. They have 2 teenage kids. They are very active in our church, in fact the lady is amazing. She has taken care of several women in our church who had illnesses. She would take them to all of their doctors appointments, she made sure they had food and their houses were clean. She totally went above and beyond. This family has struggled finiancally for quite some time now. They have been faithful to the church, they have been faithful in tithing, and they have continued to server God no matter what. The man a few weeks ago was contacted about some land that he owned. This is the kicker the man wasn't even aware that this land was his.(I think it was probably left to him by family but his brother knew and didn't tell him) So the man was like okay. Just this past week an oil company has contacted him and they want to buy the 750 acres from him. They told him they would pay him $3 million dollars for the land. They said if he sold the land to them they would hand him a check for the full amount that day! Praise you Jesus. This is a couple who have been faithful for so many years! Yes, they have an abundance of blessings stored up in heaven for them, but God has opened the flood gates for them and is showing them His favor. They weren't even aware that they had land a few weeks ago much less that an oil company would want it! That is just amazing! That is God! It has nothing do to will the money, it has everything to do with their faithfulness and obedience to God. What a mighty God we serve.

The next couple are an older couple. The wife has been sick for quite some time. She is a diabetic. Recently, her husband had lost his job. So they have no insurance and no money coming in. The wife had been feeling really bad, but was just afraid to go to the doctor b/c she didn't know how they would afford the bills. So anyways, her daughters told her go it will be taken care of. So they went and ended up putting her in the hospital for a few days. Well, an organization had heard about their situation and have come along side of them and have PAID FOR EVERY BILL! The bills were over $100,000! The couple hasn't had to pay a dime. So when she was released from the hospital they had give her 4 prescriptions that she needed to take. Well, she had 2 of them but not the others. So her husband went to their regular pharmacy and said I don't have the money to pay for this and I don't know when I will, but my wife needs these pills. The lady that was working said well, my dad past away about a week ago, the husband said I am so sorry to hear that. The lady said its okay, but I'll be back in a moment. When she came back she had the medicine the man needed. She still had her dad's medicine and it was the same thing the wife needed. The lady said they are going to reimburse me for all of the medicine for my dad, so you take this and give it to your wife. The gentlemen was battling a cold and she said here you take this for yourself. You don't owe me anything. It was $800 worth of medicine! How awesome is our God. Opening doors for this couple to show them how much he LOVES them and that he CARES for them. God is so good!

Both of these testimonies of God showing up in people's everyday lives has touched me. Has given me new hope, renewed strength, and is just a reminder that God does care about my family. That I just have to keep pressing into Him. Lately, I have just been so down b/c I am like God do you hear me? Through these testimonies God is saying Yes, Dana I hear you. Just stay faithful to me. Allow me to be in control of every circumstance. Your time is coming! Thank you Jesus for your wonderful timing, thank you for blessing these 2 couples' lives! Thank you Jesus for where we are! I am thankful that we have a roof over our head, we have food on the table and we have clothes on our back! Bless my parents for taking us in, b/c they sure didn't have to! Thank you for our health. Thank you that Byron can provide for his family! Thank you that I am able to stay at home! Thank you Thank you Thank you Jesus for your unconditional love, your forgiveness, and for new grace and mercy every day! Thank you for sending your son to die on the cross for this world! I pray God that you will use this family any and every way to serve your Kingdom! Thank you Jesus!