If we just look to God's provisions as part of our journey, this is how He allowed it to unfold.
March 23, 2011 - I began making the snowball.
April 2014 - Steve resigned from Faith United Methodist Church in Spring, TX
May 2014 - We began attending Champion Forest Baptist Church North Campus.
June 2014 - God began to convict me each Sunday through the sermon - "When will you stop and give this to me?" over and over and over until I began hearing myself say, "I can't live like this anymore." Every week. He would not let it rest.
July 2014 - I began to tithe 5% of my income - the first time, I ever tithed on a regular basis. From this point, our bank accounts were never $0.
March 2015 - a cry for help because the snowball was too large to handle.
September 22, 2015 - a phone call. Another cry for help. Friends who helped without hesitation.
September 23 - Do the Right Thing. Stop the snowball. Repent. Confess.
September 24 - Give the snowball away because "I cannot live like this anymore."
September 25 - Resigned from a 20 year teaching career. Told our families. Told our friends and prayed with them.
September 26 - received grace from friends
September 27 - survived church without a breakdown
September 28 - received a State Farm refund check for $74. Steve received a $3/hour pay increase. I began counseling.
September 29 - Stranger gave us 2 tickets to the zoo.
September 30 - We met with our pastor.
October 1 - bank resolved a 1 year old issue from June 2014 and we received a $150 credit. Steve & I discussed a variety of incomes - one of them being voice lessons. Within 5 minutes, I received a text requesting voice lessons.
October 2 - began teaching voice lessons. God showed me 2 Kings 4:1-7 and 2 Timothy 2:21 - God will provide and I must allow Him to use me for His good work.
October 4 - Our Life Group class began praying for us. I ordered a book for Meg from Amazon - the cost was $.56 because of a credit that Amazon could not explain or find origin. God began working on my heart through 2 Timothy.
October 5 - I began relying on God's Word to guide my anxious heart. 2 Peter 3:14 "Even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you will receive a blessing. Don't let them frighten you. Don't be intimidated." (The Voice). At Cheryl's urging, I began to pray for those in authority - Hebrews 13:17, 1 Timothy 2:1-6, Romans 13:1-2
October 16 - I shared our story with a friend. He reacted with God's grace. God revealed this to Steve "Many Christians are unthinkably horrified when a real sinner is suddenly discovered among the righteous. So we remain alone in our sin, living in lies and hypocrisy." The Ragamuffin Gospel, Brennan Manning.
October 19 - Steve begins a promoted position as IT Floorwalker. Meg's Halloween costume that Gram made - cost maybe $6 because she used fabric that she already had. I contacted the Class Administrator of Bible Study Fellowship near me. She responded that day - yes, there were waiting lists, but it was possible that there was a spot open.
October 20 - BSF Children's Program Coordinator contacted me to say that yes, there was an opening for Meg in the Children's Program, therefore, an opening for me.
October 21 - Meg & I began attending BSF at Champion Forest Baptist Church. Cheryl shared Psalm 32 with me and I began studying Revelation. I picked up the BSF study in Revelation 2 - John is addressing the 3 church pertaining to the importance of repentance.
October 22 - God's love for His people and His redeeming grace shown through 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 4:12-13, Jeremiah 23:29, Ephesians 5:25-27, 1 Peter 1:22-25, Psalm 34
October 23 - John 7:4 "For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly."
October 25 - "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
October 30 - Riser Vocal Studio is up and running with 6 students.
January 2016 - Riser Vocal Studio has 11 students.
And on and on and on it goes......God continues to provide for us.
To think that we never fully trusted God to take care of us until September 23........
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