Giants Baseball Park - San Francisco
“This is absolutely ridiculous!” Karen exclaimed as she giggled delightedly and ran up the stairs, “This is absolutely ridiculous!”
“What’s so ridiculous?” came the reply from the office next to ours. By that time Karen was in the garage and couldn’t answer – so I got to share the “God news”.
Tuesday morning, one of the alumni called and said that she had a timeshare reserved in downtown San Francisco but couldn’t use it…“was there anyone in the office who would like a few nights in the city?”
That was a blessing in itself, but to make the story even richer, Monday morning I had overheard Karen chatting with a friend that she would love to spend a few nights in the city – she wanted to experience city night life, walk to Union Square, eat at a roadside vendor, pop into stores, etc.
Well, God heard and he made it happen! …And this isn’t the first time!
Two days earlier she was window shopping in the city and found a quilt in Anthropologie. She fell absolutely in love with it but, with the price way out of her budget, she petted it fondly and followed her husband out of the store.
The next day in comes the exact same quilt purchased off EBay – it didn’t fit what the buyer had in mind – “Would anyone here want it?” You bet Karen did!
Again, God heard and he made it happen!
This is the same girl who I talked about in the P.S. section of Update 42 – she is the one who mentioned she would love a nice business suit…and one arrived the next day, complete with matching blouse and shoes…all brand names of course!
What does this say to me? God sees, God hears, and God knows the desires of your heart. And he loves us so much he wants to give them to us – and can be extravagant in doing so!
I can hear your response. “I haven’t gotten the desire of my heart…I am still single, I don’t have that car, that house, that bag, that…I desire”.
My response back - Are you delighting yourself in the Lord? Psalms 37:4 states this is the contingency for receiving the desires of your heart. Are you aligning yourself with God, his purposes, his ways, his thoughts, his desires, his wants, his needs, his actions?
If yes, get ready to giggle with delight...if no, well…it’s your own fault. Align yourself with what God is doing and where he is working and your life will take on a new zing, a new zest, and it will be full of pleasant, un-petitioned surprises and delights. All I have to do is turn around at my desk to watch this principle in action.
Updates:
Living – safely ensconced at my relative’s house
Car – I have one thru Tuesday afternoon. Travel season for rēp starts the end of September so I will have cars available from then thru the end of October.
Samson – Mr. Curiosity got caught in the hallway cleaning closet last night – it took me awhile to figure out where the meowing was coming from – he exited like he was shot from a cannon!
Work – I’m on my way to Israel! Whoo hoo! I leave the 19th of September and will be gone about 10 days.
Financing – I have raised about $1900 a month – thank you. I am actively working to book LEMON seminars (www.lemonleadership.com) in the Bay area to raise my salary.
Requests:
Housing – I am with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousin for the time being but, when the new rēp headquarters are determined, I need to a cat friendly space close to the office.
Car – Starting Tuesday through the 19th I will need a car to get to and from work…anyone gonna be out of town?
Work – Israel. A team of 6 of us are going to scout the area and pray for the city of Jerusalem (based on the Numbers 13 model). Please pray for unity among the members, that we will recognize the ‘giants’ of the land, and that we will make some good connections with the prayer networks there.
Financing - Eventually my position will be salaried but at first I need to raise ~$3000 a month cover expenses. If you are interested in contributing, please see ‘Contribute’ at http://www.repurposing.biz/ on the left of the page, or visit http://www.denaandrews.blogspot.com/ and read the footer for additional info.
Happy Labor Day WeekendHappy end of August!
Dena
P.S. Congratulations to Joe Querie, AJ Johnson and Carol Procunier on their engagements! Whoo hoo!
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