“Use your worldly resources to bless others” Luke 16:9

I haven’t updated my blog posts in awhile, but I felt like it was time today. If you aren’t following me yet, give me a follow at my IG account: financialdaydreamer 😃

A small bright point in my day today was getting rid of a pair of Brooks shoes and selling them through the app “offer up.” If you’ve never heard of the app, it’s an app that lets you sell your old stuff.

After my miscarriage, a few months ago, life has felt much darker than usual. Saying that it was a huge disappointment after struggling for years with infertility issues, cysts, PCOS is an understatement.

My first husband literally left me and had an affair, because I couldn’t get pregnant. So it was pretty devastating.

However, my mom & my wonderful in-laws told me not to give up on life. To have the courage to keep going. To go, to bless and to do, and to continue to live by the motto, “get back up when life knocks you down.”

So today I woke up with a wee bit of resiliency, looked through my closet of things, and thought about what could I sell or get rid of that might bless someone else.

What am I hanging on to, just to hang on to it.

I pulled out a pink pair of Brooks shoes that I had barely used, and I posted them online.

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The woman who met me at Starbucks to purchase the shoes for $20 showed up with a really old pair of Brooks shoes with holes in the toes.

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She explained that shoes were expensive, and she had been looking for a way to be able to get new shoes for awhile. She smiled when she saw the shoes and said, “my shoes have holes in them, it’s definitely time to get new ones. I love the Brooks, but I haven’t been able to afford new ones for myself with my husband and kids needing them too.”

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Then she tried on the pair of Brooks shoes that I had sitting in my closet for over a year and hadn’t worn more than twice.

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The joy and happiness on her face trying on what to her was a “new” pair of shoes made me feel so joyful! I was happy to give up these shoes, and the closet space, to bless a mama that couldn’t have otherwise had these herself.

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She thanked me profusely for selling the shoes to her.

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It’s so crazy to think how true the statement one person’s trash is another person’s treasure really is.

We can bless someone so much by just letting go of something we don’t need, but someone else does.

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Why is it that we all get so “attached” to our stuff, money, and possessions, especially when we know we are all Heaven bound someday?!

I don’t know why?!

I struggle with it. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have a blog.

But I think through this journey I have learned that my possessions have all provided to me a sense of “false” security and a sense of “false” control over my life. I can control what happens to my possessions, but I can’t control what happens in my life all the time.

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Getting rid of stuff is a way for me of purging, letting go, and letting it be used for whatever God has purposed for it.

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We live in America and all of us have more resources than people in other third world 🌎 countries.

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As we manage our resources and steward them wisely, we are able to continue blessing others.

Through selling on “offer up” and buying things on there (saving retail pricing), Stephen and I have saved enough cash to donate thousands of dollars to global missions, and start a new scholarship for students at the University.

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There is so much joy in both giving and also in receiving good gifts from friends.

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We have been so lucky and fortunate to have received many great gifts of food when we have needed it the most.

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When I was sick beyond belief from the miscarriage and on Zofaran and Norco for the pain of the miscarriage, a friend used her resources to bless Stephen and I with Uber eats food.

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It was 9pm and both Steve and I hadn’t eaten all day. Steve and I were both incredibly blessed beyond our understanding by just that one Uber eats burrito our friend purchased for us during a really rough night.

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It’s really true what Joyce Meyer says, “spend a little, give a little, and save a little” and that’s all you need to do to continue Heaven’s economy.

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We know we will get pregnant again. We know our little one isn’t with us, but is up in Heaven now, and we know that all things work for the good of those who Love God & others.

Keep praying. Keep Giving.

Love,

Sarah Grace