God speaks

I know we all have those times were we start to doubt that we heard God correctly or maybe even our sanity. One of those times happened yesterday. About two months ago in my prayer time I felt God say to me that we should put everything that we need in the rv and sell the rest at a garage sale. Now first of all I am not one that is usually a fan of garage sales. In general I think they take a ton of time and you end up with a tenth of what you had hoped for in the first place. So, when God said this I was willing but not overly excited as I approached BB with what I felt God was saying, the reception to what I was feeling was not shall we say a positive one. BB was not a fan of getting rid of everything because we still are unsure of how long we were to be gone. Now to be clear, she was not saying heck no God forget it but rather, sure we can sell most of it but it makes no sense to get rid of everything. She knew that God wanted us to travel and thus get rid of some of the unnecessary stuff but had her doubts on the authorship of an idea that struck so close to what I typically say when it comes to housework. ("This would be ten times easier if we didn't have all this crap!") So after about a month of going back and forth it finally came to a head yesterday with a conversation that ended with me taking a long walk around the block. On my walk God and I had a long talk in which I told him how crazy all this is and how we needed some sort of stability for our kids, decisions had to be made after all! At the end of my rantings where God could have easily put me in my place such as in Job 38:4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand." But God in his grace didn't remind me how many times he has calmed my fears or how many confirmations he has given me. Instead Daddy God wrapped his loving arms around me as I walked and reminded me of the section of the bible he has been having me read lately. I have read and re-read the story of Abraham, God told him to pick up and leave and Abraham did as God called him to do. When I got home I looked at BB and told her what God had told me and that I was sure about what exactly God was asking of us but that she needed to know it for herself to. I handed her a bible and told her that God needed to speak to her also and not just to me and I went about my work. About fifteen minutes later she came back to me and said that God had given her the same word. So today we had our first of several garage sales preparing to selling everything that won't fit in the rv. And all I can say is that God is so Good. Not only did we sell most of what we put out there but we actually had multiple people come up to us through out the day asking specifically about things that we hadn't brought out to the sale. We ended up giving a couple of complete strangers tours of our house so they could see additional things that we hadn't even cleared of or emptied yet. All I can say is that when God calls you to something he blesses it and I can truly say that we have been blessed this day my Lord. Thank you Lord for your blessing that flow down to your children. Until next time, may his blessing overtake you and his character be revealed to you.