I just want to share how amazing living out Matthew 6 is…. At first, letting go of all the things this world and society tells you you need is kinda hard….and learning what is truly a NEED, and what you consider a need, but it’s actually only a want….yeah those things are kinda difficult to realize and let go of, but once the Lord gets you to the place where you’ve let all those things go (and it can take a while) and you’re truly surrendered and relying on Him for all your needs and truly making His Kingdom your primpary concern…..He really does provide all you need (and way more!) and you really don’t have to worry about those things! It’s amazing!! In the scripture (Matthew 6:31-34) it says “So don’t worry about having enough food or drink or clothing. Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerend about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs, and he will give you all you need from day to day if you live for him and make the Kingdom of God your primary concern. So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enought for today.” I just have to say that the Lord has really done some work in Theo and I and we realized that we cannot recognize who we were a year ago. We were completely different people. We actually trust God now and we’re literally living out this scripture…..our rent is paid for us consistenly….every month, our (nice) clothes is literally given to us regularly, and food is given to us or our groceries are paid for us regularly. That covers all that the scripture says….food, clothes/drink, and even our rent is paid for by the Lord through people, b/c we’re seeking His kingdom FIRST! Our most recent testimony of this is this past week. Someone brought us to Costco on Thursday and bought us a memebrship(a $50 value), then someone else…totally un-related brought us back to Costco on Saturday and paid for our groceries! Then today, we were called to our friends’ house to pick up tons of more food. About a week ago someone I’ve only met a few times said the Lord told her to bless me with all of these herbs and suppliments to help me through the rest of my pregnancy, labor and delivery! All those things cost alot of money since you have to get them at health food stores and I wasn’t really planning on buying them since I knew they would be so costly. But see! The Lord got them for me anyways! Also, within the last 2 weeks, I’ve had 3 different people tell me that they’ve got all these nice maternity clothes for me. I literally haven’t paid for a single item of maternity clothing at all… and I’ll be having my babies within this next month! Thats a whole 10 months of the Lord providing all I need for my whole pregnancy and I haven’t had to pay a penny! Within the last month or 2, Theo has gotten a new jacket, a couple new shirts, 3 new belts, and a bunch more from a particularly stylish friend of ours who just passes it on to us! What a blessing! Besides the actual food, clothes and rent that is taken care of by the Lord, we also are blessed with amazing people in our lives who support us financially, which really helps us to keep doing what we’re doing as full time missionaries and making the Kingdom of God our primary concern!!! (Specifically one couple in FL that are just an example to us of generosity and love!) I’m just writing all of this to encourage anyone who is considering following Jesus with their whole heart….know that He’s faithful and He WILL take good care of you and for those of you who already say you know Jesus, you can always go deeper with Him. Give Him all you’ve got and watch what He does in return. You won’t regret it. Put down the pride of feeling the need to spend money unnecissarily and ‘buying your own stuff’ and just trust Him. Lean on Him and let Him truly take care of you. (You’re going to really need that one of these days anyways) But above all, love God. Learn to love Him with everything inside of you. Read up on how much He loves you (since He chose you, you didn’t choose Him), and let yourself fall in love with Him. Ok, enough of me trying to get everyone in the world to fall in love with God. Just try Him out for yourself!
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He’s trustworthy and never fails.