thanks again

goals and realization

I've got a testimony today, all right. Well, I have one every day, but here's another: four years or so ago, but for the protection of God and the kindness of others, I could very easily have been homeless. I figured, long ago, that if I could make X amount of dollars per year, I could live on that as a single guy. Now, at the end of this year, because of tithing and giving and listening to God and the resultant manifestations of God's blessing, I will have reached a financial goal I've had for the last twenty years and another I've had for about two years. So thank God for those.

Also, I was listening to a Keith Moore message and he was talking about people having been rescued by angels, that in a disaster or dangerous situation, first a person was in one place, then they were in another and no memory of what happened in between. This does have scriptural basis, by the way. Anyway, God reminded me of a car accident I was in that was such that a family friend who saw the car asked my dad, incredulously, "And he wasn't hurt?!" Nope. Not a scratch on me, and I wasn't even drunk. I believe I was rescued and that if I'm wrong on that that God will point it out to me. So thank God for that, too.

Finally, I've gotten news of some other stuff I and others have been believing for being about to come to pass, so I thank God for that, too.

I tell ya, this is great stuff, this sowing (not just money--that's the least of it) and believing and reaping. It just flat works, glory to God!

interesting anecdote

So I had an interesting meeting, and something came up as I was talking: it was like God telling me this--"Sean, you are to pay off your credit cards, get $5000.00 saved up and get out of here". I finally _got_ it. Sometimes, and teachers know this, you learn more saying something in conversation or a meeting than just thinking by yourself. Anyway, the point is, now that the goal is clear, I'm not so focused or tempted by, say, a 2004, 2005 Mercedes or a new computer or this or that. It's not so important. I had known for some time that this getting new stuff was a distraction, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was Satan's way of distracting me from what I'm to be doing. Well, so much for that. Again, thank You, God, for the increased clarity.