Miracle Friday...

I think I've been going non-stop since Tuesday - the start of Sharathon for WCSG radio. I honestly haven't had a day off since two Fridays ago. But it's been a blast! God is working in ways that I never imagined! He NEVER ceases to amaze me!

I have to share about Miracle Friday. It was this past Friday - the last day of Sharathon. We needed $250,000 pledged in 6 hours. Seems unfathomable - especially considering we hardly did that on Thursday in 14 hours, but God works in awesome ways when we step out in faith and believe that it is going to happen. I went to Sharathon that day believing, YES, BELIEVING AND PROCLAIMING, that we were going to make it to our goal. I stepped out in faith believing God was going to provide. I persistently said from the moment Sharathon got on the air that morning, "We are going to make it." When Brook brought out her umbrella and said it's going to rain - I immediately said, "It's going to rain down money!" Then when Tommy started talking about the weather and didn't seem to get it right away, I was like, "No, it's going to rain down money!" Then he kept looking at Brook and eventually got it. Yes, it's going to rain down money - blessings from above. As I kept saying that we were going to make it, I realized what I was saying and said to Topher, "No, God's going to make it." And Topher said, "That's right."

As the morning progressed, the phones kept ringing and ringing and ringing, and I kept saying and praying, "Keep it coming God. Keep it coming!" And HE did, so fast that Topher and I could hardly keep up. We would approve one pledge and 5 more would show up. It was SO AMAZING TO WATCH GOD WORK BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.

Then as we were inching up on 12 noon and our goal, I thought, "Alright, we're going to make it even if we do go past 12 noon." I decided I would be okay with that. As we were getting closer to the $1.25 million mark (the goal) and Topher was getting busy, I said, "Hey Topher, I'll take over from here." ...b/c I knew it was coming...

As the pledges came in small increments, I started getting antsy and wondering what I could do, but God said to me, "Just let me work." Then 60 seconds later, ...it came. A daysponsor! I turned to Janet and said, "We made it." Then to Topher, "Topher, we made it." And did he get a grin on his face -"Really?" I said - "Yep, a daysponsor just came thru..." He then said, "Did you get the name?" I said, "No, but I can find it..." He said, "No, I'll get it.." He looked it up and found the name... He then revealed to me that the pledge came in at... 11:58am. God did it.


A couple other facts:

More money was pledged by 12pm Friday than by 8pm Thursday.
In the 7 o'clock hour alone on Friday, $52,000 was pledged.

GOD NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE ME! PRAISE THE LORD!

Yes, that day was indeed Miracle Friday.