How Great is Our God!

So many times in life we fail to recognize the blessings God gives us. And in the last 48 hours God has made His provision in my life so apparent. I feel like I don't even have adequate words to describe just how thankful I am to God and to people in my life...

As you all know I am going to Israel to study for two weeks in April. Financing the trip is a pretty scary thing when you don't have the money to pay for it and sending support letters is always hard. Earlier this week I was praying over support letters that I had just sent out, and praying for God to really have His hand on the whole situation. Yesterday afternoon the mail arrived and I had a letter (which is always exciting)! But this was different than anything I had ever received before. I opened the letter and this is what it read:

Mallory-
May Israel enhance your relationship with God,
Add vision to His living Word,
And encourage you to follow where Jesus leads.

That's it, no signature...
And along with the note there was a check for $1,300. I was stunned and speechless. An anonymous donation. I thought to myself, this must be a joke, this kind of stuff doesn't happen to me; but it did, and it was real. Words can't express the gratitude I have, not only because of this donation, but each and every donation I have received, the prayers for me and this trip, the support from friends and family while I am in this program, and for God always surprising me in ways I could never fathom. It is true that if God places you somewhere in life, He is going to provide exactly what you need, and He does it in the most unusual ways. He is asking me everyday to be faithful in the little things so that He can teach me how to be faithful in the big things. He has taken the burden from me, and He is telling me now that He will provide, not only for the rest of the funding for Israel, but for everything I need in life, if I will only trust Him.

The worship song How Great is Our God comes to mind. We truly have an amazing God whom we can have full faith and assurance in. As I go to bed tonight I am thankful that God chose me, that He loved me enough to die on a cross for me and conquer death so that I may have life through Jesus Christ.