The Card
God said trust me. Trust me with your ministry, the book, and speaking. I had a memory bank full of trust history with God but I wasn’t sure I wanted to make a withdrawal for such a tall order. I was scared to put it all in His hands. (Like it wasn’t already in His hands. Humor me here.) As the commitment song continued to play I continued to offer excuses as to why I couldn’t write those words on the card. I even pulled the old “I don’t have a pen” excuse. Please tell me you have used that one.
We kept singing. Looking back, God probably had the worship leader repeat the song until I obeyed. In fear and trembling I borrowed a pen from the woman beside me and wrote the words, Trust me with your ministry, the book, and speaking. There. {Insert deep sigh} I did it. I wrote the words, then tucked the card in my Bible just like the speaker instructed.
The event ended. I packed my bags and went home with the card inserted securely in my Bible. Occasionally, I would run across the card when I emptied my Bible of all the Sunday bulletins and gum wrappers. With doubt in my heart I would read the card then want so badly to toss it out with the other trash. I couldn’t let myself. Not sure why. I just couldn’t throw the card away.
5 years. 10 months. 14 days. That’s how long I waited.
March 9, 2015 marked 5 years, 10 months, and 14 days that had passed since I reluctantly placed the commitment card in my Bible. 2,144 days after I tucked trust scribbled on a card in my Bible I opened my mailbox to find a legal-sized envelope containing the return on my investment— a book contract, for not just one book, but two.
There’s so much more to tell, but the details aren’t really all that important today. I wanna ask you something. Has God asked you to trust Him? To invest your dream in Him? He is trustworthy! He is faithful!
You may be thinking, It’s easy for you to say all that. Your card was answered. But would you be saying all this trustworthy and faithful stuff if the envelope hadn’t come in the mail. Yes. Yes I would. God is never not trustworthy. He is never not faithful. Even when the envelope doesn’t come, He is trustworthy and faithful.
Would you be willing to grab an index card and write down your hope and dream then tuck it in the safety of God’s Word? Go ahead. Trust Him. I dare you.
P.S.
The speaker that day… was me.
LOVE IT ♥ that the speaker was you that day 🙂 Praising God that your wait is over!! \O/ I have my card written out Wendy. God bless you and have a great weekend!!
I love this Wendy! I did this years ago and saw how He provided. I’m in with card in my first RTW Bible and study!
God is absolutely amazing! Praise God for the blessing he has provided.
I have had a similar experience. We moved two years ago from North Carolina to Montana. I grew up in Montana and wanted to return to be closer to family. We were struggling to make ends meet in North Carolina and with the oil boom in Montana, jobs were plentiful. We were promised a piece of property by a relative only to find once we arrived with all of our belongings and livestock that they were no longer interested in selling. So we scrambled to find a house and a place for our horses. We found a rental right in town across the street from the school where all three kids would attend. While the house isn’t the best, it does have 4 bedrooms and a big yard. The kids get themselves ready and are able to walk to school even on the coldest of days. Today I received word that we have been approved for a house to put on our land. The rental house was there when we needed it so the kids would have easy access for sports and school. Now, my oldest will have her driver’s license so I feel that God provided things in just the right time.
LOVE this so much Wendy! So happy for you! You have taught me so much this year through RTW. I’m taking the dare and making out my card! Trusting HIM! 🙂
Thank you for this encouragement! Just started my own blog…first step on this new faith adventure with the Lord…I have my card and am choosing to trust the Lord and surrender it all to Him…It’s His anyway! Wendy, your words are so timely…
Sweet Wendy, this answer to your prayer brought me joy in my heart just now! God indeed is faithful to His chosen beloved daughter’s! I’m writing my desire on a card today and placing it in-between the pages of my Bible, and releasing it to God, in order to receive more of Him today! I believe! My trust is in His appointed time! {HUGS}
Thank you Wendy, for the challenge. I have placed my card in my Bible.
Beautiful story Wendy! God is doing amazing things through your ministry! I am so blessed by your RTW study! I took the dare today. I had done something like that years ago, and to look back and see that God has over the years fulfilled every single dream I had written on it….well…my heart is just so full of thanksgiving. Praising Him today for all His work in and through us!
Thank you for the challenge. It is the encouragement I needed to write it down. Putting my card in my Bible.
Challenge accepted…and my faith card complete and tucked into God’s Word. Bless you for this RTW ministry…it has been powerful in my life in just 100 plus days and I find great encouragement knowing the BIble is a powerful living tool no matter what my future brings
Thanks for sharing this Wendy! After reading for April 19th in RTW (1 chron. 14:10) I journaled, “Lord, I want to know deep on my bones that I can trust you fully.”. I knew God was putting that on my heart and that he would confirm it truly was a word from him. He did just that! Amen!