As a kid, my mom used to make my lunches for school and stick it in a brown paper bag. She would either write a love note on my napkin, or sometimes if she was in a rush, she'd write it directly on my bag. Now that I am older and no longer have brown sack lunches, she still gives me sweet reminders of her love for me through morning text messages. See, God gives me the same heavenly reminders of His love for me, just like my mom. Even if in the end I will know how much I am loved by them, they still take the time to tell me.
So the story of this particular sweet reminder starts a couple weeks ago. Since we are selling Jewelry for our team and the women of Rahab's Rope, we decided to have a Jewelry Party. This way we could spend some quality time with our favorite women and share our cause. Betsy and I were looking for a place to have our event in Maryland, but to no avail. Our churches weren't willing or didn't have the space. I felt quite overwhelmed. To me, it felt like another burden had been put onto our shoulders and this missions team. My heart started to doubt the ability to make this event happen (melodramatic, I know).
I started doing searches in Google to see if there were any meeting spaces available. I stumbled upon the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia. I had heard about it before in my search of venues, but never really paid it much attention.
I emailed the person in charge to ask about space. I felt compelled in my email to share our team's reason for needing the space and our cause. OH BOY was that a God moment. Shortly after my email I received one in return. I remember their response having a lot of exclamations and joy. Apparently, they were planning an awareness event on April 10th about human trafficking! God used one email and one trusting heart to unite different groups of people fighting for the same cause! The Interfaith center put me in touch with the coordinator and our team was invited to attend and share our mission with the women on April 10th! Again, God took one small email and turned it into action and support.
Back to our meeting space. Owen Brown quoted me for 210.00 dollars as the total price for renting the space we needed. I was really apprehensive because I didn't want to give up my own money, which was what I was planning on doing. After some prayer and time with God I realized that this would be the best decision for our event, so I emailed back agreeing to the amount and proceeding with the contract process.
WELL, I received a response notifying me that the same women sponsoring the event on Sunday were going to sponsor our event! That 210.00 dollars was no longer needed, we were being completely covered for our needs! Can I just say, Praise God? All He wanted from me was my trust and desire to give up my resources for this event. When I showed him my willingness and desire to do that, He took care of it.
These are God's little "I Love You" notes on my brown paper bags. His sweet reminders of His greatness and control on my life. Not to mention he was reminding me of some other important things too.
I am so excited about sharing this experience with others, because it shines God's light so brightly. It reminds us all that our father loves us unconditionally, and as long as we trust in Him He will provide the rest. This journey to India is teaching me a lot about God's love for me and His constant involvement in my life. He is in every little decision and moment. When I fret the small things I can rest assured that He cares enough to be involved and give me sweet reminders of His love.
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