A Quick Testimony - How God Used a Broken Fence to Speak to Us

 

It's Saturday morning and though Saturdays seem like they should be lighthearted, I want to share a testimony that I've been thinking about lately.

This past week I was listening to a podcast and the host asked her guest to share a testimony about a time when God showed up in a strange way and it got me thinking (and my husband and I talking) about how we don't really hear too many testimonies these days. Or maybe it's just that our social media feeds are filled with negative opinions and the good things get drowned out. Churches have gotten away from people sharing testimonies anymore, which is sad, because they can increase faith in ways that a good sermon can't. 

Nevertheless, testimonies should be an every day part of a believer's life! We should be looking for God's hand in everything (and much more so than blaming everything on the devil, but that's a whole other topic). 

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So, back in 2020, when the world was going crazy, David and I began talking about needing a fence in the backyard. The neighbors had a fence that kept falling down, exposing their swimming pool, and several times David and Collin would stand it back up, to keep our yard safe for the girls and the dog. 

We called a good friend, who is in the fence building business, and he came over one day to give us a bid.

After he walked the backyard and was finished with his measurements, he casually mentioned that he had a house for rent next door to him and was thinking about letting a friend stay there, since the previous family had moved out. We talked about some other things and then he left and we never thought another thing about the conversation.

Until the next morning.

As David was taking his morning walk around the neighborhood, I thought about how COVID had made us rethink our big house and small savings account and an idea came out of nowhere. What if we were to rent our friend's house and sell ours and get out from under a big house note and into a more secure financial situation? 

As I told David about this idea, it's like the lightbulb came on for both of us! YES! This was a possibility!

We scheduled a time to see the house and decided we wanted to go for it. It would relieve David of the constant stress he was feeling with his job (everyone's job was questionable at that time) and it would be the answer to some other factors concerning our current house we were living in. 

We made the move and went from stressed out homeowners, to relieved renters. 

Two years later, the Lord showed us that we no longer needed to be on the lookout for another home, because this was where he wanted us - the very place he had provided, two years back. 

Little did we know that a broken down fence would be the bridge between our prayers and God's answer. And that's where God really shines💛 In the unexpected.

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Just as the woman on the podcast testified to God using a fire alarm to answer her prayers, the Lord used a broken fence to answer ours.

These are things that happen in life every single day and no, not every broken fence or fire alarm going off is an act of God, but many random things are!

That five minute delay on the road, that saved you from danger. 

That random illness that caught something more serious at the doctor's office.

And the list goes on and on.

We serve a creative God and his ways are so much higher than ours. 

I'm not going to lie...I wish God was a little more straightforward at times, because it sure would make things easier to figure out. But, it's all about faith, isn't it?

When things are scary and require so much faith, is when the Lord gets to show off in ways would could never dream of. 

We can't change it, so we might as well get used to looking for him in unexpected places. 

And when you are the recipient of one of God's creative moments, tell someone! Keep passing on the good news of how God brought about something new in your life. 

You just might open someone else's eyes to how the Lord is working in their life and that's worth talking about!

If you have a testimony ready to share, feel free to leave it in the comments 😀 I would love to hear it!

Until Next Time...

Blessings!