Team Transportation: Thankfulness x 2

Remember this?  Remember how I said we were bummed that some of our "free" monthly money now had to go toward the new van and not debt?  Well, God is SO good!  (Of course you knew that!)  He has blessed us yet again!

Last night we made the decision to put our 2000 Ford Ranger on Craigslist.  We bought the truck brand new, when we lived in Texas.  We were just curious if we'd get any inquires.  So we listed it last night around 6:30.  By 7:00 we'd had 4 different people contact us about it and 1 person set up an appointment to come and look!

Well this morning we sold it!  Get this...we are now able to pay off-COMPLETELY, the debt we wanted to pay down.  AND that frees up about $80/month to put toward other expenses!  God is good and we are so very thankful!

James 1:17  Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

How timely that one of daily Psalms devotions this past weekend included this verse:

Psalm 107:8  Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love    and his wonderful deeds for mankind

That verse is actually repeated 5 times throughout the whole chapter!   I'm SO thankful that I followed through on God's promptings to get out of bed and read this on Saturday morning up in Prescott.  (Getting out of bed early is such a struggle for me!)  Even with 30+ people there,  I had the entire patio all to myself in the cool, quiet!  Just me & God. (A squirrel, hummingbird, wood pecker, and the biggest/creepiest beetle I've ever seen, also joined us!)

Again... God's plans are far better than mine could ever be!! :)

So long, Farewell!

Here's the entire Psalm.  I encourage you to read it and think about how much God loves you and how good He is!  What's your story?  :)

~ Kristee

Psalm 107

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever.

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—
    those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
3 those he gathered from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.[a]

4 Some wandered in desert wastelands,
    finding no way to a city where they could settle.
5 They were hungry and thirsty,
    and their lives ebbed away.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he delivered them from their distress.
7 He led them by a straight way
    to a city where they could settle.
8 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
    and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
9 for he satisfies the thirsty
    and fills the hungry with good things.

10 Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,
    prisoners suffering in iron chains,
11 because they rebelled against God’s commands
    and despised the plans of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
    they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,
    and broke away their chains.
15 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
    and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
    and cuts through bars of iron.

17 Some became fools through their rebellious ways
    and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food
    and drew near the gates of death.
19 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he saved them from their distress.
20 He sent out his word and healed them;
    he rescued them from the grave.
21 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
    and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings
    and tell of his works with songs of joy.

23 Some went out on the sea in ships;
    they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the Lord,
    his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke and stirred up a tempest
    that lifted high the waves.
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
    in their peril their courage melted away.
27 They reeled and staggered like drunkards;
    they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out of their distress.
29 He stilled the storm to a whisper;
    the waves of the sea[b] were hushed.
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
    and he guided them to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love
    and his wonderful deeds for mankind.
32 Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people
    and praise him in the council of the elders.

33 He turned rivers into a desert,
    flowing springs into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,
    because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water
    and the parched ground into flowing springs;
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,
    and he did not let their herds diminish.

39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled
    by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles
    made them wander in a trackless waste.
41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction
    and increased their families like flocks.
42 The upright see and rejoice,
    but all the wicked shut their mouths.

43 Let the one who is wise heed these things
    and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.