Blessings!!! :)

For one of my last Bible projects I had to write a paper on the life and ministry of Elijah or Elisha. I decided upon Elijah because I have heard stories but never really done a study on him and thought it would be interesting because one of my brothers names is Elijah. It starts in 1 Kings 17 and goes through 2 Kings 2. As I was reading about his life one thing that stood out to me was how faithful he was to the Lord. Time after time Elijah waited to move to the next place the Lord led him, never knowing where that would be, where he would stay or even what he would eat (there was a drought in the land). As Elijah waited it is amazing to see how many times God provided for his every need. It really spoke to me because so many times we do not want to go anywhere because we like to know where we are going to be staying, what the food is like, are we going to be comfortable, and a big one is are we “prepared” financially. Elijah knew non of these things but he followed and God blessed him every time. In my application I stated I needed to be more like Elijah in my walk with the Lord. The very same day I wrote the paper I was told I had a package waiting for me at the post office. Not expecting one I was a little caught off guard and assumed my boyfriend sent one down without telling me. I had mentioned to him a few weeks ago that there was going to be a few things I was going to eventually have to buy but told him not to worry about sending anything. I never asked him if it was from him and went to get my surprise package!! I quickly realized that it was sent from a class from my church and help EVERYTHING I was eventually going to need INCLUDING somethings I told myself I really did not “need” but would liked to have had!! WOW - God immediately reminded me of Elijah. Here I am in Costa Rica, and although I am not an Elijah, I have had to make the decision over and over again whether or not to come back to CR due to financial and family situations, but because I did return the Lord was letting me know He had everything down to the smallest items taken care of for me. What an encouragement to me!! That box of blessings did more for my faith than just about anything. It let me know that God is in control of the whole amount I owe to the program and I know if He provided for me in the simple things, that He is going to work the big needs out!! Thank you to the women who put everything together and spent that money to send it! You will never know how much it means to me!! God’s box of blessings!

P.s. It could not have come on a better day either, was one of the hardest days here but turned out to be one of the best