I’ve been debating whether to blog about something. You all know this is a commercial endeavor – I’m on this trip to try to sell just enough books that I can continue writing without having to take another cube-world job, but not so many that I have to deal with seeing hideous pictures of myself in the National Enquirer. ;)

But another, just as significant aspect, is that I’ve purposely put myself in this artificial environment where I have to rely on God to provide my daily bread more than I ever really have. I say artificial because I do, in fact, have a house at home that is being rented, and I will, in fact, not be risking living on the street if this fails. However, it is true that I set off on a trip across the nation with no steady source of income to pay for my health insurance, let alone feed this gas-guzzling behemoth or buy the occasional package of Top Ramen (which I had for dinner tonight by the way).

I blogged before I left about trying to sell my car and how that was really hard for me – the last shred of independence and etc. Well as it turns out, my car didn’t sell. I was planning on using that money as backup but it never materialized. Now the picture becomes clear to you – in my experiment of faith I said “I will trust You Lord, but just in case I’ll have some money in the bank.”

So last week I was praying for my daily bread and kind of…well…let’s be honest here – bellyaching to God about how He’d better arrange it so I’d sell some books soon or I’d be out of money shortly. And now we come to the point I’ve been debating about sharing – I received two out-of-the-blue monetary gifts within a span of a couple days. I tell you this, not to solicit donations because that is FAR from my objective, but because I’m sharing this journey with you and I want to tell you how God just blew my socks off with His abundant grace. Exceeding, abundant, more than you can ask or imagine...

My favorite definition of grace is undeserved favor. That’s what it feels like.