by faith...

I have been working through Thessalonians in my quiet times and i am really loving it. This morning I read and underlined this "With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith." 2 Thess 1: 11.

Yesterday I went with Beth to a friends house to tidy up. I decided to wear my running stuff and run from her house home (don't get too excited, it's not THAT far). For what reason did I make my run for yesterday? What did I pray about and plead with God about? Our PASSPORTS! I prayed that he would help me recall where either I put them or Chris put them. It's just not like us to lose something THIS important. It's like losing the key to both our ministry and our adoption! It's replaceable, but not without a cost. Very unsettling to us both to say the least. Neither of us slept well last night. On my run last night- I prayed that I would have the faith i needed to just TRUST that we would find them. I began talking to myself and praying for BIG FAITH and I came to the point where I expected to walk in the door and Chris would be waiting there for me telling me that he found them. I got home and no passports. We went to eat and visit with my aunt and cousin for a while. On the way home we decided that by tomorrow afternoon (today) we would begin applying for new passports since CT is less than a month away from leaving.

This morning after my quiet time I called the US dept of State to see if they had them. The lady told me that they would have already sent them back to us if they were found. So she and I began the process of invalidating our passports so no one could use them. I was prompted by the Holy Spirit to ask: if we found them could they make them active again? She said that once she pushed the button then we would HAVE to apply for new ones b/c our others would be voided. I told her that I was sorry for bothering her but I needed to look just one more time. The Spirit led me directly to our filing cabinet where we had looked 100 times and deep down in between the "important documents" folder (where we always keep them when we are home) and another folder there they were not inside but between!! I immediately picked up the phone to call Chris in the middle of his bible study and put the phone back down. I got on my knees and bawled. God is just so so so good. Even though this seems so petty and silly it was SO important to us and important to our Father. He wanted us to find them. He DIDN'T want us to spend a few hundred dollars getting new ones expedited. Oh how he LOVES us!

"...by HIS POWER he may fulfill every good purpose of yours and EVERY ACT PROMPTED BY FAITH."