AHHH!!!! OMG - brace yourself - it's testimony time. I'm sharing this on my personal page and my public one so sorry if you get a double dose.

JESUS IS AWESOME!!

Monday morning, I woke up so stressed and panicked because of two things gone wrong:
1.) I had what felt like the start of an ear infection in both ears and no means of seeing a doctor or getting medicine for it.
2.) I had $0 in ALL of my bank accounts after a several expenses and a trip out of state. The checks I deposited to fill the gap still hadn't arrived at my bank and I needed the money ASAP for a road trip I'm taking this Thursday.

So needless, to say, I was freaking the &%#@ out.

I couldn't get an appointment after many calls and headaches and the bank still hadn't received my check. I came to the end of myself and realized that I was operating and striving in my own strength instead of relying on God. So, I quietly prayed, tears in my eyes: "Lord, I can't do this. I'm overwhelmed. Please solve problems A and B and show me what to do. I trust this into your hands and please don't let me take it back. Thank you, Lord."

My mom came home minutes later and asked me about my ears. I told her my dilemma and she said: "Why don't you call ___?" Initially, I rolled my eyes because I felt like she was trying to solve it with some random suggestion.

But God can speak through people.

I didn't follow her exact suggestion but finally called my insurance company after some prayer and they led me to a completely different alternative to my normal clinic or the hospital. Within the hour, I was sitting in an urgent care clinic, speaking with a fellow Nigerian who checked my ear and confirmed my suspicions. He prescribed me medicine and I went to the pharmacy even though I had five dollars to my name in cash ONLY.

I went to Target to find out the price...FREE. That's right: $0.00. FREE.

So, problem #1 was solved. Praise God! What about problem #2? Because the truth is: I have a summer job that starts in three days in Maine. I have no money for a $1 cheeseburger much less the gas and toll fare I'd have to pay to drive up there. That night - yesterday - I felt led to fast and pray because I literally heard "You are under attack."

I didn't know what that meant. Are the checks, totaling more than $600, mind you, lost? Were they stolen or tampered with? NOW?! At this time? When I need to leave in three days or risk losing my job, much less my integrity with my new boss??

So, I obeyed and fasted for 24 hours (in fact, I haven't broken it yet - I was in such a rush to share this with you all). After 22 hours of fasting and praying, petitioning and vacillating between fear and faith: I finally asked God: "Please let me get a phone call from my bank, confirming the deposit of the checks by 8PM tonight."

7:55PM - the phone rings and I'm about to sing to the woman on the line. It's from my bank but then my heart drops: she's calling about a business account I opened for MNO Media - has nothing to do with this concern. I pull myself together and talk to her but in the middle of the phone call at:

7:58PM - a call comes through and I switch over to it. It's from a man at THE SAME BANK telling me that my deposit arrived!

AHHHHHH! Two problems, serious implications, very short time frame - in need of divine attention and God, as usual comes through. Fred Hammond is right (and I sang this all day long): God is not a man that He should lie. He will come through.

Be blessed. I know I am. Thank you, Lord.