Jesus Paid It All

We're gonna color some eggs today!:) It's almost Easter and it's how we roll around here. We're even looking forward to spending some time with family and friends tomorrow! My mom, sister and nephew are going to join us at our daughter, Michelle's house. I can't wait to see them! As we celebrate what Easter really means and share the story with our kids through fun activities, like dyeing eggs, reading Benjamin's Box, opening Resurrection Eggs to tell the Easter Story and going to church tonight, there's a night I can't forget. It was some years ago and it had nothing to do with me and everything to do with Jesus!

One night I had this dream...

In my dream I was trying to get home and I ran out of gas at the Crown gas station. Actually, I could see it, but I wasn't in the Crown gas station, yet... So I prayed and God sent some friends to push my car in. Then, because I had no money, I prayed again and when I opened my eyes, some coins were spilled on the ground. Next, because I needed to get my car pumped with gas, I was standing where the gas pumps were. As I proceeded to fill my tank, the gas spilled over. As I looked up to see how much I owed, there in red red bold letters flashing across the top read, JESUS PAID IT ALL...

I don't know why God allowed me to have this spiritual dream? But I will always treasure it! It means so much to me!

I needed to get home (Jesus is the way home). And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. John 14:3
He is the KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS (the CROWN gas station). which God will bring about in his own time--God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 1 Timothy 6:15
My cup runs over (the gas spilled over). You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 23:5
Friends came to help me (the body of Christ). Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 1 Corinthians 12:12
God provides everything I need, including my salvation through his one and only Son (the coins to pay for gas). having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. Colossians 2:14

Happy Easter Everyone! :)

Strong Enough To Move

This isn't the first time God told us to pack our bags and go. All I know is we are moving and God is moving us. He knows we can't afford to stay here any more. He knows our basement leaks. He knows my boys stay up all night to vacuum the basement. He knows they sleep in the basement and so do I! It hurts to know what our living conditions have been. And I know God hears our cries for help. So I know His hand will lead us out. He parts the Red Sea of our circumstance. He always does and always will. My God is not deaf. He hears our cries. So even though I don't know where we are going, I know I can trust Him. As I said before, this is not the first time we packed up and left our home. When God called Jim to preach, we packed up four kids with one on the way and headed to Virgina so He could attend Liberty University for two years. Everything we owned was packed in the truck he borrowed from work and the job he was leaving had loaned him. He had to have it back by Monday. We left on Friday, with no home where were were headed, we just knew he was headed to school. But God provided! Before the weekend's end, we found a two bedroom apartment to rent and moved in. It was small, but we managed because "God was with us"! There our fifth child was born (this time we have ten), a home-birth, my very first, but that is another story...we named her Rachel. :) The reason I am writing this is because I know God already knows where we are headed and He will provide. As I pack, I will not be afraid of not knowing. I will trust the God who sees and knows what's best for us. It's not going to be easy, but it will be worth it! I already know! :)

Matthew West - Strong Enough

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