.proof.

God has used the last week to seriously show off in my life.

Last Tuesday I was driving to work

and I was just down.

I was frustrated,

I was discouraged...

I felt overwhelmed.

I was praying outloud, as I frequently do.

{I have illegally really tinted windows so

I don't think anyone sees me and thinks I'm crazy for talking to myself}

I asked God to either open or close doors.

"God, I am trusting you to either open or close doors."

And then I went on to say, even surprising myself a little,

"And I trust you to do it in the next two days."

I don't know where this come from or why I said two days specifically.
I am not in the habit or putting parameters on God

or on testing Him.

The two day time frame just sort of spilled out of my mouth.

I wasn't sure if what I had asked for was right.
I started to feel a little silly.
Was I allowed to give God a deadline, I wondered.
I did trust that He would provide
and I would still trust Him if it took longer than that.
Before I had much more time to second guess myself,
He froze me in my self-doubting tracks.
Because He began to do just what I had asked for.
Except He didn't close any doors -
He just kept opening them.

Two hours later...
A place to live

Not just any place -

next month we will be moving into a 4-bedroom, 2100 square feet home.

{Uh...this is a post for another day but how I am going to fill that much space??}

Its a safe place, which is an absolute must for us.

Its in an area that we really like,

close to friends and our church

and there is plenty of room for entertaining, which is really important to us.
And its a friend who owns the house so she came down on the rent significantly.
Um, wow.

A few hours later...
Money

to be able to pay for the aforementioned place to live

Cody's boss scheduled a meeting with him and offered him a raise.

This was absolutely crucial because with the new house

more space = more money.

less than 12 hours later...
A scholarship opportunity for my sister

For financial reasons sister has been considering

moving back to Nashville to go to school

instead of going to school in Sacramento.
You. guys.

Not twelve hours after I prayed that prayer

she found out about about this incredible opporunity.

It is a.) through the church that we love

b.) for the school that she wants to go to and

c.) only available to freshman or new transfer students (which is what she is).
Okay, God, we get it. This is all you.

And then just for good measure....

Progression with something that we have been praying about for months

I can't really share specifics with you yet

but we are excited and thankful.

God took my most prominent worries and alleviated them.

I really do feel that He prompted me

to pray for things to be answered in two days because

He wanted to use it as an opportunity to show me that He could.

As is true for so many people, I'm sure,

the last year hasn't been the smoothest.

{I feel like this is my mantra lately:}

Faith in God doesn't mean that

everything is always

going to go the way that I think it should.

But He is faithful.

He is constant.

And He loves us.

How has He proven that to you lately?

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