Daily Bread

This is just a quick post as I am thinking about our daily bread. I heard recently that when we worry about our daily needs, then we act like orphans. It is like a baby who turns automatically to his mother's breast because he knows that is where his provision is. This is how we should be when we turn to God for our daily provision. What if our toddler turned from the food we offered and went out into the street to find his own food, his own clothing, his own shelter (I'm not talking about the twenty or thirty something baby that still lives at home, but babies, infants and toddlers). What kind of parents would we be if our baby was out on the street searching for food? How then does it make our Father look if we go out on our own, apart from our Father, in search of our daily bread? If your child took the attitude of 'my father says he'll provide, but I'm going to go out and get my own food anyway, because what he has provided is not good enough for me', how would that make you feel? How then, do you think your Father feels when you go out and say, 'my Father says he'll provide for me, but I'm going to go out and make my own way anyway'? Is it that you don't believe that He will provide? Or is it that you think what He has provided is not 'good enough' for you?
The Lord has promised to provide, and He keeps His promises.
Our life right now is the perfect example of that. Every bill paid just in time, every meal provided just in time, and every day, He lays more provision at our doorstep. Literally.
We of course are working on our book series and traveling to share our experience and speak to others about homeschooling, parenting and leaping out in faith. But, all of that costs more than it makes, so we have no choice but to trust in God for the rest. He is a great, great God!
Don started selling things on Ebay to clear out our house and to make a little extra money. Then, friends and family started donated items for us to sell. Then, others began to inquire if we could sell for them. It turns out we can. Although we were not sure what God was asking of us in this, or how it fit into the plans that we had already made, we saw that this was a blessing, and we said yes.
Then, the blessings began to overflow into our home. We now have more inventory waiting to be listed than we had in our house before we began to purge.
We still don't know day to day what God will call us to, we only know that we will always say yes, and no matter how big that leap seems to be... we trust that our Father knows just what we need and that He will provide abundantly.
We pray that our life and our faith will be an example to those who are afraid to do what God asks of them. Whatever story the world is giving you... "... the voice of truth tells a different story, the voice of truth says DO NOT BE AFRAID."
Okay, not such a quick post after all, but if you are still with me.
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and to visit our Ebay auctions. At Ebay, go to advanced search and search by seller, we are dcscte.
Corinne Johnson, author, vacationeducationbooks.com