The Invisible

Airport junkies! Amy, Robin (Val below) faces that have walked this journey with us for a very long time



WOW, what a journey this continues to be!!! The closer we get to finalizing day the louder I can see God's hand print in this story!

This story is ALL about big J...and her new middle name which I can tell u...
Since that day in June of 2010 on top of that unfinished...unseen... orphanage in Peru; when God shouted to me Psalm 113:9 and asked ME to walk by FAITH! From that moment nothing could change my mind, it was certain, our daughters name would contain FAITH it.

Let me tell you what has happened the last few weeks around here...
Back two weeks before Christmas big J and I were on the subject of fire and she said that it would be so terrible if our house was on fire... I simply stated that "Yes, it would be so terrible"
That night during bed time prayers she says lets pray for Mr Kyle and Mrs Amanda (neighbors)
So I said OK, she goes on to pray.
"Dear Father,
Thank you for mommy and daddy, and Mr Kyle and Mrs Amanda... thank you our house and their house is not on fire, in Jesus name, amen" (something like that and super fast, cuz that's how big J prays, so cute!)
SO... the next day we did all sorts of Christmas shopping and wrapping, then got dressed up for daddy's Christmas party and off we went!
After the party we stopped by  Kelly's house and played with Charlee and her new kitty for a while.
We had left home that day about 530 in the evening and returned home about 10 or 1030 to realize that mommy had left a candle burning near the curtain's ALL DAY LONG and ALL EVENING! The flames were at least 2 inches tall...
Immediately I began to cry, KNOWING it was GOD who put that prayer in the heart of my 4 yr old...just the day before!
Only a miracle kept our house and probably both neighbors houses from burning down that day and right before Christmas... I explained to big J how that God protected us and so we thanked God again that night for saving our homes from fire, mommy thanked and praised the Lord for putting that prayer in J's heart! WOW GOD! We saw the invisible God that day!

Now, this past Friday grandma and grandpa Johnston came to babysit so mommy and daddy could go on date night, oh they had such fun! J says she loves it when we go out and she gets dropped off or gets a sitter over here... not sure how to take that...lol... she is a fun girl and she likes to have lots of fun!
Moving on... J has a prayer box and we put in it several slips of paper with names of family, friends and mission fields and missionaries on them that she gets to draw one out every night to add to her bed time prayers.
She can't read yet so keep that in mind as I tell you the rest of the story...
J takes the box over to daddy, pulls out a prayer and it's for grandma and grandpa Johnston!!! NO KIDDING... I said daddy... did you do that? Daddy said no, no I didn't that's what she pulled out... Mommy said WOW...
There's that invisible God showing up again!

OK... I think God REALLY REALLY wants us to KNOW~KNOW~KNOW, some more that He is all over this story...

Last night J was going around the house singing a line to this song that daddy wrote and  the band "therest" produced, so we put the tunes on and listened to the amazing album, "The Beautiful Gate"  during our bed time snack.
Time for bed, J gets her prayer box and goes to daddy, she pulls out a slip of paper and from the kitchen I hear daddy reading who it is for, "Matt, Ashley and Kaden"
I said, "what did you say" Daddy replied... "Matt, Ashley and Kaden"
For those of you who don't know about the band/group "therest" Matt is the lead singer if this band and Ashley is his wife, Kaden is their son.
Once the band starts traveling, because they will, (Heb 11:1), Bill is/will be their pastor.
WOW... there's that Invisible God again...

Over breakfast this morning I explained to J why her new middle name is going to be FAITH. I started out by bringing to light the events of the last two days with the prayer box, then told her that this is how we know God is here even though we can not SEE HIM we can see what He is doing and that this same faith is what led mommy and daddy to find her and sissy. We followed God's directions until we found you!
She replies, "That's so cool"

Lastly ...today we visited a church and it blessed my heart so much to share the time of praise and worship with her and to look down and see her with both of her arms stretched way up in the air singing, then a little later looked at her as she was imitating holding a microphone, eyes closed just singing away!
To top off this incredible week, Tonight I took J with me, Robin and Val to greet Aunt Amy coming home from her mission trip to Jamaica! Val Robin and I have done this so many many times over the past many years as Amy and each of us have gone all over the world. It was SUCH a blessing to sing praises to the Lord all the way to the airport with MY DAUGHTER and two daughters of my heart.
My heart is bursting tonight as God is very VISIBLE as we continue down this journey of FAITH...
Mommy love you J!
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.