What can you do with a $100

Prayer is an interesting think.  I’d encourage you to practice it everyday but be careful; you might just get what you ask for.

Last week I participated in a drawing in which I won an iPod Nano.  Now, I didn’t need the Nano but I was excited to have it.  A gentleman at the raffle offered me one hundred dollars for the MP3 player but I selfishly turned it down.  I’m not sure what hit me but latter that night I was thinking about prospect of having an extra hundred dollars and what I would do with it.

So I tried a funny thing.  I prayed that if someone was willing to purchase the iPod for a hundred dollars, I would in turn use that money in someway to serve others.  God must have been listening and willing to put me to the test because the next morning I was offered the desired amount.

Here’s the problem and the assistance I need.  I made an agreement with God right; I can’t go back on that.  And I truly have a desire to use this small amount of money to serve others.  But how?  I’d prefer if it just didn’t end with this hundred-dollar bill. While there’s nothing wrong with buying “x” amount of meals for some homeless people or giving the total amount to someone in need; I’d really like to see it grow into something more than that. 

Here’s what I mean... I would like to see this “idea” grow into a self-sustaining charity/service/investment. I wont even begin to pretend to know what that will look like in the future or how it will grow.  I fact, I don’t even know where to start.  But what I do know is that God can see beyond our puny dreams.  In fact He desires for us to live out the God size dreams that He has planned for us.  I think that together, with His help, we can turn this into something that when later reflected back on we will have no other choice but to admit that Gods work was at hand.

So please comment with any ideas, let us know if you have a desire to help,  and as always keep us and others in your prayers.