WoW! God works!

I was staring at my list I posted yesterday with all the blog ideas with the intention of picking one to write about. Instead God tapped me on the shoulder and said he needed me to write about something else. He's been tapping me alot lately.

If you are a K-Love listener, this week is their pledge drive. This radio station is solely supported by listener's pledges and prayers. The first time I pledged was in March of 2006 right after Nancy died. I pledged $20 because that was all I could give at the time. That time was the worst in my life financially though, but God kept telling me he would provide and he did. I did really well for the first year faithfully sending in my pledge every month, sometimes more if I had it. Then, I just kind of fell away from it. K-Love would send me sweet letters asking me if they could pray for me and if I needed to reduce my gift since I hadn't been sending it faithfully. I would be overcome with guilt and throw the letter away. I didn't think I had the money at that time because I had credit card debt to contend with and other things to spend it on. God was talking to me about it, but I was ignoring him.

Every once in a while, I would be listening to K-Love and think, "I need to send them some money! They have such a blessed ministry!" But I never did it. This year's pledge drive started last Tuesday and God started tugging on my heart again. This time, I perked up a little more and promised myself and him that I would send $20 in the next time I sat down and paid bills which would be at the first of November. That wasn't good enough for our Mighty God. But he never yelled at me....he never got angry....he just kept gently nudging me telling me "April, I've provided for you every time in your life. What makes you think I won't this time? I'm the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow!" I had made the decision then to write the check today when I sat down to update my bills spreadsheet. Well, that still wasn't in God's plan. Yesterday as I was driving to school, I had to radio tuned to K-Love. When I first started listening, I thought that this pledge drive had been more inspiring than past ones. Lots of beautiful stories of how K-Love has touched people's lives. But none of them had moved me like the one I was about to hear. Kelly on the afternoon show started reading a letter they had received from a man named Brett. His letter read something like this: "I am not an avid K-Love listener or supporter. I rarely listen to the radio especially while I'm driving as it distracts me. This weekend, my gorgeous wife of 6 years was torn from me because of a sudden illness. I also lost my precious baby son who was due to be born on October 29th. I ran out of the hospital crying inconsolably, crying out to God and got into my car. When I got into my car, my radio was tuned to K-Love and the song, "There will be a Day" by Chris Tomlin was playing. I hadn't left my radio on when I went inside. As the song played, my heart cried out to Jesus and as he held me and consoled me like the precious Father he is, he told me to give to K-Love. That's why I'm calling you today....because K-Love was there for me in a horrendous moment in my life and every gift people give matters. I have come back to Jesus and I know I will see my beautiful wife and son in Heaven." OMG....as I heard those words being read, I choked up so badly that I almost had to pull off on the side of the road. It made my heart physically hurt for this man and what he had gone through. But what a testimony of how God meets us just how and when we need him! By the way, the writer of the song, "There will be a Day" Chris Tomlin, lost his wife also when they were newlyweds. I knew right then that all those stories I had been hearing from people about how K-Love had brought them back to Jesus or kept them from committing suicide or just encouraged them......those stories had been for me. God had been gently whispering them in my ear until that last one when he shouted it into my heart. Right then, I picked up my cell phone and called K-Love. I had then set me up with an automatic gift every month coming directly out of my checking account. It's called an EZ-Gift. To me, it's a step of faith knowing that God will provide and I can't let the devil talk me out of making the payment each month. It comes out automatically. The feeling I got for being obedient to God at that moment was awesome! I knew that I had made him happy! I give him all the Glory for the good that station brings to people and I'm so thankful he lets me be a part of it. God is So Good!!