The People of God

We had our garage sale fundraiser this weekend...we made $7,000....$7,000...on a garage sale! We had a goal of making $5,000 to reach our matching grant. Someone asked me yesterday if I believed before the sale that God could do it. I could honestly answer "yes I did". But it wasn't because I was without faith. I knew God could and would do it if He so desired. I knew He could move a few hearts to give "big" or make if fall from the sky for that matter, but I knew He could do it. How He chose to do it was what was so convicting to me and so very humbling. He chose to use His people....one truck load of donations, one check, one helping hand at a time to pull off something truly remarkable. What I failed to believe was the love and support from my brothers and sisters in Christ (and for that matter from perfect strangers, some of who surely did not know the Lord). God spoke loudly revealing the places my heart was calloused and cynical. The body of Christ came together for two little orphans in a way that I will never forget. From the little girl who came to me to say she asked for nothing for her birthday but money to give for my babies in Russia, to the couple facing their own very difficult times who gave their tax return, God used His people...not just to support us and help redeem these little lives, but to change my heart. Thank you everyone....and thank you Father for your great, great love.