Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Down to Nothing

This morning I woke up and the first thing God said to me was, "when you're down to nothing, I am up to something." I said, "hmm ok" and checked my bank account (I do this every morning). To my surprise I had $9.83. Not $983.00 but nine dollars and 83 WHOLE cents. The first thing I did was laugh. It was as if God was preparing me to see the "lack" that I'd just saw. For some odd reason this didn't phase me. Remember yesterday when I'd said that my issues were hitting me dead on? Well my post on peniaphobia can explain one of the biggest fears/issues I have. I'm terrified of being in poverty (read: broke). I literally get the shakes when I feel like I don't have enough money.... well at least I used to. As if I needed ANY further proof that God was/is working on me here comes this which actually brightened my day instead of making me break down and cry.

I went on about my usual routine, got the kids dressed, brewed my coffee, opened the fridge to make breakfast and paused. There wasn't a thing in it. Again, I laughed. Made sandwiches for lunch and fed the kids cereal for breakfast. I literally said out loud, "ok Abba here goes... I'm believing you for a supernatural blessing of XYZ dollars today. This blessing will come with no strings attached and I wont have to do anything outside of Your Will for me to get it." I smiled and continued about my day. On my morning call with my boyfriend I was more chipper than I'd been in a few days and as if on cue he told me to read his post. Funny, he'd not even planned to write that this morning but "something" (<--lol) prompted him to do it. Coincidence? Nope. It never is.

We talked, I laughed, and we hung up... well as we were talking an email came through (that of course I didn't know about b/c I have SPRINT and that isn't something SPRINT allows to happen - on the phone? That's all you gone get... no emails, bbms, nothing. I digress). The subject line of said email was:

"Time To Put You To Work"

It was from a client of mine whom I hadn't heard from in a while but I immediately knew that when I got this message that God was showing me exactly what He was up to. The body of the email basically just asked for my professional services and was literally OUT of the blue. It was all I could do not to scream but I simply, quietly, and earnestly said "Thank You."

Remember, when you're down to nothing... God is ALWAYS up to something...

Good Day Folks,

Blessed Indeed

1 comment:

  1. Interesting thoughts...

    Just when you think all is lost....God doesn't.

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