Life goes on

I have never been a person who takes a pill for every headache or pain but at the beginning of this year I found all that had changed. I was suddenly taking the max doses of both tylenol and ibuprofen spread out through the day just to get the pain to a point to a manageable level. Work was out of the question, suddenly we found our families income plummet like a rock. And here is where God in all his kindness and love step into the middle of our families lives. You see one of the things that makes my family unique is the fact that BB is in a wheelchair and needs a certain amount of physical help from me. I literally couldn't pick up a ketchup bottle with my left hand at this point without screaming out in pain and yet I was able to meet every need of my wife's without the slightest problem. Philippians 4:19 says "My God will richly fill your every need in a glorious way through Christ Jesus." (Gods word translation) How awesome is God! I needed to be able to help my wife and God made it completely pain free.
During this time we also began to see that we really could live on much less than we had been. We started feeling God call us to a very different lifestyle. Instead of desiring more room and things we started realizing just how much excess we really had. Now I don't mean to make it sound like we were living in mansions and spending thousands a month on lattes, but we definitely had more than we needed. We began to realize that by constantly wanting more and bigger all of your time gets sucked into maintaining those things and achieving those things instead of reaching the world around you. I mean just stop and think if you no longer had a house payment or spent the time doing the fancy yard work how much money and time would you have to give to his kingdom? God very bluntly showed us that we were to focused on ourselves and our lives instead of who we could impact in our world today. Who you love Lord, I will love. Who you serve, I will serve. Until next time, may Gods heart become real in your life today.