Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Endless Mercies

For those of you who have been asking me, I received an update about my support raising yesterday. As of now, about 50% of my support has been raised! It is still less than three weeks since my first letters went out. Lesson to be learned here? NOT that Ben is a talented fund raiser. On the contrary! The LORD is an abundantly generous and merciful Father...even to the likes of a faithless and frightened support-raising-impaired child like me. I absolutely love how the LORD so often blesses in ways that remove any opportunity for us taking credit. It's better that way because only then will we sing with joy...

"Not to us, O LORD, not to us but to Your Name be the glory, because of Your love and faithfulness." Psalm 115:1

Posted by Ben at 8:05 PM

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Unknown, at June 15, 2006 11:13 PM

that's so encouraging, ben!!! God is so good, and I pray that I will have confidence daily in His provision... i hope your class is going well! see you in a month or so - sarah joy

Unknown, at June 15, 2006 11:14 PM

Sarah Joy...thanks for the encouragment. I'll be praying for your support raising, too; cause we're all on this boat together.

I don't know about you, but I often find myself so afraid to step out and walk by faith during this whole support-raising endeavor. I know this money is not going to raise itself...but I'm just down-right scared to call some of these people on my list. If I had to venture toward a self-diagnosis...I'd say I've simply forgotten who my Father is...and who I am in Him. And I'm afraid, once again, to be pushed outside of this plush life of comfort that I've fashioned for myself.

Truth is, I need faith a lot more than I need money. But God is faithful in His provision of that, as well. All praise be to Him for magnifying His strength through such weaklings.

Ben, at June 18, 2006 12:25 AM

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