The first miracle performed by Jesus in the Bible is in John 2:1-11, where Jesus turns six, twenty to thirty gallon, stone pots filled with water into wine, because they ran out of wine at a wedding reception. I'm not even a wine drinker, but that sure is quite the miracle.
I recently just had an experience that I truly believe was a miracle from God, an answer to prayers, and a sign that Jesus totally has our back through everything.
About a month and a half ago, two friends and I decided to do some spring cleaning. It was a project that had been on our minds for awhile but was always pushed to the side, simply because we thought we couldn't handle it. We knew it would take a lot of patience, physical and mental strength, determination and, of course, a LOT of time and unpaid hours. Hours we could easily be working and making money, watching a movie or working on our summer glow under the brilliant sun, that had finally decided to appear. Time to do anything we wanted, but clean.
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| Sizzling Fajita's...mm good. |
With this new found excitement about the project, we began to talk logistics. When we would start, how many hours a week we would work, what days of the week, how to go about this in an orderly fashion and, most importantly, the milestones in which we would reward ourselves with a "special drink" from Starbucks!
A week later standing at the doorway, lunch boxes in hand and determination in our hearts, we were ready to begin the process that would close the previous chapter of life and open the door to a brand new exciting one. And the first day was a success. With a few roof-top rest breaks here and there, and good old country tunes, we finished the day strong with lots of energy, and a sushi dinner. It only got better from there.
We continued to stay energized and motivated, and made great progress throughout the next two weeks. We definitely had our moments where we thought there was just too much and wanted to give up, but somehow we kept going back day after day, getting more and more accomplished.
After a long morning of cleaning and dropping a few items off at the Goodwill, we stopped for some lunch.
"I can't believe how much progress, we've made guys. Honestly, we're doing awesome!"
"I know! We should be professionals, seriously, we're working so great together and getting it done so much faster than we thought!"
"Yeah, so true. This is clearly God helping us, no doubt. There's no way any normal person would have the determination to keep it up. God is too good!"
"Yeah, God is giving us so much strength to do this! He knows how much this means to us!"
We then said a quick prayer for lunch thanking God for all the strength, and being with us every step of the way. Lunch conversation was good, but didn't stay as hopeful as the previous conversation.
"The only issue with working this much is I'm missing a lot of hours at work, and I'm already stressing about not having enough money for LA."
"Yeah that's true. It's a lot of hours we're missing at work, which really sucks. We all need money, we just gotta finish this!"
The motivation and strength to keep going was a huge miracle on its own, but this is where the big one comes in:
After lunch we headed on back over to start the afternoon cleaning. At the start of the whole process we set aside a Tupperware container that we would throw loose change into, that was found on the ground or under furniture. The change had been piling up by now and we actually had quite a bit.
Working through a box of paper work and still listening to our country music, we find a twenty dollar bill wedged in between a few receipts.
"Oh wow guys look, a 20$ bill! Sick! I'll go put it in our change box."
About five minutes later, still working through paperwork boxes..
"Whoa, no way. Guys I just found two $20 bills! 40 dollars guys!!"
About 10 minutes later, going through some old birthday cards..
"Oh my gosh, you guys. I can't believe this. I just found $170 in this old birthday card. Three $50 dollar bills and a $20. OH MY GOSH!!"
By this point we can't keep it together. We start squealing, holding hands and jumping around like preteens meeting One Direction in real person, which I would still do as well. Little did we know.
Going through some files about 5 minutes later..
"Are these real?? Em come here right now and tell me, are these real??"
Out of an empty file folder we pull out two One Hundred Dollar Bills. That wasn't even the last of it. Not only in the span of half an hour did we find almost Five Hundred Dollars, but through out the rest of the day and cleaning process we had found more and more.
I have no doubt in my mind that God knows exactly what we were, and are, going through. He knows we were doing this voluntarily, not expecting a reward. Taking on this challenge was something we knew would be hard but wanted to do and needed to get done. God is always blessing us, even in ways we don't even notice or expect! God heard our prayers, and I believe, saw what we were going through and showered us with unexpected blessings!
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| Dream Centre Leadership School, here I come! |
God is TOO good.
With that, we deserved a special drink. Frappuccinos for everyone!
Thanks for tuning in,
EmGM
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