A Pottery Experience: Testimony of Faith in Finances

And so that faithful evening, I was announced school financial secretary, and I wept. I suppose the house thought I wept because of the ‘sudden anointing. It wasn’t the spirit; it was the despair at having to raise money for the house. You see, one thing I have always done was take care of myself by myself. I didn’t like situations that were out of my control. This was out of my comfort zone. Raising funds on a school level was out of my control. The school budget wasn’t something I could fund by myself. I needed the gift of willing men to fund this. That wasn’t my plan for that year, I wanted a quiet year.

So, I wept that night on that platform! Why ‘Financial Sec’? Why me? Where will this money come from? I was so broken.

It was going to be a long year. Or so I thought. But I didn’t realize I was in for a year of learning and discovering myself. A year of miracles that spun my head. Which of the great acts shall I tell?

The house was so broke at night but by morning got a large donation. Or that I learnt to pray that every money we spent on outreaches made an impact, or that I learnt to reach out to people rather than be a loner as I wanted, or that I learnt how to balance schoolwork with raising funds and develop multitasking skills. Or that I grew the confidence to walk into new places, introduce myself and hand out a fundraising letter? And to date, that gives me wings to act outside my comfort zone. Or that I realise my inadequacies with managing finances and saying no and left the year with plans for my personal development? I learnt from my mistakes and I am still working on some of the personal development plans many years later.

Shall I tell you about the outreaches? In the end, we took a count and every time we had more than we needed. God always shows up and shows off!

Now I am a mother, and when I worry about situations outside my control, I am quick to call to mind… if God could supply for an outreach, how much more shall he keep watch over my kids and prosper them?

I am filled with confidence that every word I speak over my kids and the money spent will come to good use. God can be trusted truly,! saw his mighty hands at work as a financial secretary, and it built my faith for the future.