Time to face the music

Tomorrow will mark 3 days before I fly out. Oh! today has completely amazing! It seriously has. I got to get a lot of sleep in, pack the majority of my things, visit with my mom and her co-workers, make a random trip to Mobile, get things I needed from there, pick up awesome salad and bread sticks from Olive Garden, worship and talk to God on my way there and back, and spend some more time studying His Word tonight. Also, I got in around 100 texts from people telling me that they are praying for me and my team! Talk about feeling God's love!!

I needed $3,500 for my trip and I got that. Then, I also have around $900 extra and that is after I gave $200 to a team member who needed it to finish paying their way. I do not understand whatsoever why God is so good to me!! I mean, this is crazy!! Why would He choose to bless me and take care of me the way He does?? I deserve NOTHING! I mean nothing. I am a horrible person. I am a sinner. I do not always follow Him and His commands. I do not shine my light for Him like I should. I deserve nothing. I am worthless and an epic fail in comparison to Christ.

"All of us have become unclean, and all of our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." Isaiah 64:6
"There is not a righteous man on earth who does what is right and never sins." Ecclesiastes 7:20

I received some more money today. It was another $100. This time it came from someone who is not a Christian. Someone who I had never asked money from. Yes, she has given money before, but I have never asked once for it. She always writes me a card and says that she will be "thinking about me". This time she wrote she will be "praying for me and she knows that God is going to bless me". I read this before I opened the separate card with the money in it. When I read it, I just started crying. And then when I opened to see how much money I was, i really started crying. It is amazing how God use people in your life to share the Gospel. There are so many Christians who are opposed to missions and sending money with missionaries, and then there are people who are not Christians and are willing to give to others. Something is wrong with this picture.

Mark 10:21-23 "Jesus looked at him and loved him. "One thing you lack..go sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." At this the man's face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God."

Tim mentioned me yesterday in his blog about praying for me and my team, so I am mentioning him in mine today. Please pray for him as he is preparing to preach on January 2nd at FBC Abbeville. Tim is about to start his last semester at Troy and then his plan is to go onto seminary at Lakeview Baptist in Auburn. Tim is a great guy who truly loves the Lord with all his heart and seeks to glorify God in all he does. So, please pray for him. :)

Tomorrow I get to spend time with some people before I leave out. So, be ready for some great stories come tomorrow.
Peace out!