350,000,000,000. That's at least how many galaxies we know about. Why did God create such a large number? Was it to make us say, "Wow, God is really big?" Or, as Francis Chan puts it, "God wanted us to see these pictures [of the universe] so that our response would be, 'Who do I think I am'?"
When I begin to dwell on the $6000 I am required to raise by May, my head head starts to spin. Doubt fills my brain and I let Satan begin to convince me I can't do it. 6000 is too big of a number.
But thankfully, the Holy Spirit steps in this spiritual battle. Who is to say that $6000 is a lot of money? You? Me? Yes, sure. But are we the ones raising the money? No! The Lord is, and nothing is too big for Him. Nothing. If He created the universe, all the billions of galaxies, the 228 distinct muscles on the caterpillar's head, over 3,000 species of trees in one square mile in the Amazon, and the human heart that generates enough pressure as it pumps blood throughout the body that it could squirt blood up to 30 feet, can't I believe that He can provide $6000 for me to share His Gospel in Thailand? 6000 seems kind of small now doesn't it?
What started this thought was the comment of a sixth grade boy in my class. We are starting a unit on space in science. We were having a discussion about what they already know about space. One boy said that we don't know how big it is. It hit me. I have been so stressed about raising support and allowing Satan to convince me that 6000 is too big of a number. But if God created this whole universe, can't He provide for me? What is $6000 to God?
Please continue to pray for me as I follow the Lord's will on this difficult journey. Prayers really do work. A woman approached me after church on Wednesday to give me money for CCP. She told me God told her to give it to me. The Lord provides!
In Christ,
Christine ><>
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