For starters, I just have to say how humbled I feel right now. The Lord is amazing!
My friend and I did a yard sale today… AMAZING! The people that came and the stories that were shared, there is just sooo much! God is amazing! At one point the rain poured for about 2 minutes and we laughed about it. Afterwards, when we had placed everything back out on the lawn, a gentleman showed up on a bright blue bike, it was old fashion in make and had 2 wire baskets over the rear tire. He carried nothing but himself and a water bottle and a walkie talkie on his belt. He caught a hat that was flying away from us and spoke briefly with my friend. I got the most amazing and sincere smile from him. He walked around the items and left on his bike. I looked up and watched as he began to turn his bike around, looked down the street and then back and he was GONE!!! I kid you not, he was not down the road or down the side road, just POOF! There was just the most amazing thing about this man… just amazing!
Then, I was telling my friend about a different avenue with this jogging stroller I had for sale. When just then a mini van pulls up and 4 people get out to look at it and leave, then the next 5 people that came by were asking about it. The 3rd person actually bought the stroller. More importantly, the Lord lead me with this woman to tell her about our ministry AND invite her. I had this amazing feeling that her and her husband are just searching very heavily for God. She said they are going to church in Duncanon and they are both unemployed with a 15 or 18 week old baby. I helped her load the stroller in her car and I gave her a flier from our ministry. Praise the Lord!
There was another lady who was asking me about Daisy, my dog, and I began to talk to her about her dog. She was having issues with her dog biting and was worried about her kids. I told her that if she was worried about her kids safety with the dog then that was God placing that concern on her heart and that maybe the Lord is trying to tell her that there is a family out there that would really be blessed by your dog or that there is a blessing that will come from you giving him a new home. She looked at me and smiled, like she was amazed and happy to hear this.
I am just so humbled that the Lord has used us today to share the word of God with people and to plant seeds. There was an elderly man who came by after we had closed up shop and packed up that was asking about my friend ‘s books. He asked at first about the kids books but also about the adult books. There was a bible in the books that she gave him and you could just feel from him that he was searching. He was the most tender older man I had ever seen.
I played christian music the entire time on the laptop through external speakers, so it was loud enough for people who came by to hear. We stopped and prayed to God on multiple occasions and worshiped Him all day. It was amazing and soo fulfilling. My friend and I both agree that this yard sale was not about us, but about God. I just feel so many amazing things happened today because of God. When we thought we were going to close up, people would show up and we kept going, praising His name. God is just so amazing. We had planned this yard sale in under 24 hours. The Lord put it on our hearts to do this. God is just so amazing and so nurturing. He loves us so much and wants to take care of us. After we had brought it all in, I was just speechless at how much God loves us and how this was just a testament of Him to us. How He wants to take care of us and it was like He was saying He will take care of us, period. I just can’t praise His name enough.
HALLELUJAH, Praise God!
