Waymaker, Miracle Provision
Almost 3 weeks ago I had returned from my future sister-in-law‘s bachelorette party. It was Labor Day 2023 to be specific. Exhausted from the travels and fun of a long weekend. I crawled into my cozy bed nestled back in my farm apartment in Harwood, MD (sidenote: I rented a families basement apartment on their farm! It’s dreamy with horses and magical views of the evening stars!)
My friend sent me a voice message, and I listened to it before closing my eyes. It was a voice message of her praying over me. She was praying over my future husband and I uniting, and before she finished the prayer, she asked God to surprise me. I’m still waiting on my husband, but the Lord had a more sudden surprise up his sleeve. The next morning, I started work and received a voice message (a common theme in my life) from a life mentor of mine. She told me she felt led to offer me the last scholarship spot at her writers conference in St. Louis ($600 value). The conference itself was covered; however flight and room/board were not. Considering the conference was about 2 1/2 weeks out, all seemed very unrealistic. After all, I’ve been deliberately working the past few months to stick to a strict budget and get out of debt.
I was thrilled and honored to receive the offer, but I also knew money didn’t fall out of the sky. So I did all I could do and left the rest up to the man upstairs. This consisted of prayer, fasting, and asking others to pray. About a week later, I told my mentor it wasn’t going to work. Two hours after I told her no, God told me no to my no. One of my friends, whom I had asked to pray with me, reached out and said she was willing and able to give me $600. I almost fell over. She was funding over 80% of my projected expenses for the trip. I knew that was my cue to go. I moved some things around in my budget to cover the rest of the trip, and here I sit writing the story at the writers conference in St. Louis.
Isaiah 6:8 “Here I am Lord send me”
Kristen Wiblishouser