WOW! I am so blown away by God's multiplication! Each year our church gives out tens of thousands of dollars asking each member that takes an envelope to use what the Lord has given them to multiply it for the Lord's work! Our family received a hefty $40 this year! Our original idea was to make ornate Christmas decorations! However, the project frustratingly flopped and we were left with baking cookies.
At first, I really believed it would be very difficult to get much of a return on investment from cookies. I know my close friends and family like my cookies, but I just "knew" they would difficult to sell. First off - we're entering the baking streak rather late. So many are already sugared-out from the holiday rush. And so many of our friends were doing their own 'BIG GIVE' projects. I was prematurely disappointed looking down the road at what we would be able to give back. My thoughts circled the phrase "you wicked servant", but we opted not to bury the money. We were going to give this cookie box idea our best effort and leave the results up to God!
WOW! In less than 48 hours I have so many dozens of cookies to bake, it's CRAZY!!! But what's crazier is the fact we'll surely have more than doubled our offering! I can only imagine how the Lord will bless the various ministries all because we showed up to try!