In the following three post series of Window into His Workings, we are sharing our gratitude and the outcome of our declarations which were shared in our From Tampons to Trips letter from October of 2017 <3
Honored.
Grateful.
Still.
Knowing.
Believing.
Praising.
with MORE to come <3
In early October of 2017 I shared with a few, via snail mail, the most recent days our family were in. I felt it was a matter of following through with that which God brought before me. He showed me this sharing is an opportunity to glorify Him. It also was an opportunity to steady our legs as we stand in our faith in HIM. Therefore in our sharing, there was a veil lifted, a window opened, and a billboard lit.
A veil lifted, showing our brokenness.
A window opened, sharing the strained lovers song that yet is sung.
A billboard was lit, shinning TRUTH which is ours and yours, dear fellow saints, to believe.
The letter held all that we knew, our real days, our real questions, our real struggles…and no answers. I am thankful He made it clear to me to follow through, because as was said before, He KNOWS all that we need and apparently Ryan, myself and the children, needed some encouragement, some support, some love <3
The most sincere thank you is soaring from us to you on wings of eagles! Please receive it. This sharing of our testimony brought countless, un-utterable gifts. Many of the RSVP’s came with penned hearts, smiles, (((hugs))), gifts, and the most impactful, kindred-heart encouraging words. Thank you. We PRAISE God for each of you because you each bore a bright and warm new reflection of Him, it was and yet remains beautiful.
Will you share with me another cup of tea? I care for you to hear ALL God did, is doing and will continue on in, for us, the Shultz flock.
The jewelry/bake sale was planned for a Wednesday evening. I purposely slated the ten days leading up to that evening as set-apart. I needed to remain in an intentional space of relying solely on God, not placing any expectations on "man" ie. friends/family. It was ten full days of work… organizing, baking, labeling, fussing. All-in-all it was quite enjoyable, the long days and late nights…all for what.!? Ryan, as an on-looker, had a slight bend towards thinking, Kara will be disappointed, after all this planning and preparing, she’ll end up weary and disappointed. He and I spoke about this reality, that it could be. BUT... I am grateful to have learned (and try to remember to apply), in ALL of life's disappointments, as I yield to God in it, there yet lies a gift, always. It does take actively remembering to guard my heart, for disappointments of course fight for me…they could haunt and then steal, but I would be the one allowing that.
Instead, I believed it would be a gift to others, and a gift for our family also!
That night came, and I was blessed. For those who were able to attend, I hope they too enjoyed their time. The “event” kept giving…as it was suggested to me to post the jewelry on a Facebook page to sell for those who couldn’t make it and, while that was a new and challenging experience for me (lol) I did it and it made an impact!
All the gifts that came through the event surpassed what we had hoped and prayed to replenish <3
I praise you LORD for your provision! Thank you for all the saints that blessed and encouraged us in this way.
Remember... the event was on Wednesday evening, October 25th, and I planned to “wrap it up” before the very full weekend we had coming. What’s incredible is there is no “wrap it up” with Jesus…