Manna

Hello Friends! I just finished up my Spring Break. The Lord has been showing me so much about relying on Him alone. At the beginning of this week I was getting pretty nervous about raising the support I need for going to Australia. I have been relying on myself way too much and not on Jesus to supply what I need. Hebrews 12:6 has become so real to me in the past few weeks, "the Lord disciplines those He loves." He's teaching me that He is all I need and He will provide my every need. I've realized that I am very much a planner. I want to know dates and times, but it doesn't always work like this with God. Isaiah 55:9 puts me in my place when it says, "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." Oh, that I would seek the Lord and find His ways to be first in my life!
This past Wednesday I arrived in town from Nashville with a lot of worry on my heart about the support I was lacking, and that very day I received 3 support checks and over $300 in support from a Chic-fil-A fundraiser! Our God is so faithful to provide. He's showing me to depend upon Him alone. To Him be the glory!
Please continue to pray as my team and I raise support for the summer. I'm learning to be thankful for this opportunity to raise funds for our trip. I'm thankful that I don't have all of my support so that I can be desperate for Jesus, and not for myself. I wish I would be so desperate for Him in every season of my life. Growing up in America, most of us have never been in a place where we've doubted there would be food on the table the next day or a bed to sleep in or clean water to drink. We are so incredibly blessed! Raising support has shown me how I take everything I have for granted. It's taught me to rely on the Lord in faith. I'm reminded of the story in Exodus 16 when the Israelites were in the desert for 40 years. God provided them with manna every day, but they were not to hoard more than they needed or maggots would eat them up. I do this so often with God's blessings. I try to hold onto them to make them last longer so I won't be "dependent." Yet the Lord wants me to rely on Him daily. Thank you all for your prayers and I pray you get your manna today.