I have had a secret situtation that has kept me from being able to go out and support myself as most people do. It is extremely restrictive and it is a miracle that it hasn’t caused us to die or become homeless. It hurt more than I can even explain because I longed to embrace the sweet freedom of doing things easily.
I think what hurt more than anything was having to suffer through it silently for a time, due the sensitive nature of it and the protection of those involved. Because love protects those that need it. During all the years of going through it and having to stick out out like a sore thumb for doing things differently, I was misunderstood.
People made so many judgemental accusations about how God led me to do things in order for His love support to come through in all the differennt ways that He had intended. God has shown me so much love and He has been my Hero of support.
He loved me when no one else did and He was there when no one in the world cared whether I died or lived. He was there helping me navigate through the terrifying situation, while those who claimed to know Him were throwing insults and cristisms against me for doing things against what they saw as suitable.
I had to be different, and that hurt sometimes. However being different is what God used to bless me and give me more miracles than I can even remember to write about. Jesus has been my best friend and the life saver of all of my needs. He loved, when others judged and threw stones, He loved. He loved me and He forever does.
Due the very special person in my life that is behind the reason for this, I cannot yet share the delicate details of the situation. God knew all about the hidden things and the way that I had to devout myself completely to carrying for this person in a way that left me unable to save myself.
So God met me in that place where I was cut off from being able to survive and He gave me a promise to be My support for our housing and all of our needs. Then He told me to start a blog and to being exposing my heart and faith journey to those He would call to read it.
One night after I was verbally attacked for not earning my way like everyone else, God appeared to Me and He said, “Your blog is your income”. He defended me and it meant more than I can pen into words. So for years, I have had to put my faith in God’s promise to be our support in order to pay for our housing payments and needs.
God has moved us all over and we went from being stranded in a tiny motel room with no car to living in beautiful homes and God has blessed me with 3 cars since then.
It all came out through the pressures of faith. You can read the fine details of the journey in my book, Naked wings on http://www.diamondsfromthedust.com.
Because of my unique situation and promise from the Lord, there is a week every month when I have to live differently than how most normal people live. I have to use my concentrated faith to draw out the money that God promised to cover our rent.
It requires all of my attention because I applying faith without doubting is work. As I feel that week approaching, my heart speeds up and I know that two things will be coming.
The first thing is that I will have to endure the bitterness of facing my fears all over again and doing something terrifying to the logical mind.
It’s painful because it means putting every doubt and fear to death while facing life-or-death circumstances. Thankfully I have a firm foundation of experience that helps take the edge off of the fear a little bit.
The second thing that I can expect is the sweet reward of encountering God’s intentional love again and having a new story to tell about it.
I have done this sacred week of living extremely for over 6 years because that is what I have been called to do. Over 6 years ago I was in a crisis with no place to go and no way to be helped.
Before I even had to face the most terrifying time of my life, I encountered God in an unforgettable way. During that encounter, God gave me vows to be my unbreakable support through this journey and He told me where to go.
He also showed me that living by faith and from my blog as my income was exactly what He wanted from me. With that, He promised to be our rich and abundant support that is constantly being refilled miraculously.
As an act of faith and having no other options, I followed His instructions. When I arrived, God met me in that small hotel room and started to train me on how to live on faith alone.
Even though I had no income, God continued to send me money to pay for my rooms in many ways. It was the hardest, yet most rewarding training ground of true faith.
I began to vividly live by tangible faith for years and God took me from one end of the country to another. He never once let us down and we never had to be uncomfortable or be without a home or without income.
In fact, it has been the opposite! God blessed us immensely and we have lived in high places with His help. I was even able to license my blog as an LLC and I have proven income that has all been rooted in miracles from God.
He promised that He would open up secret riches for us and unlock diamonds from out of the dusty ground that we had to endure.
For over 6 years I have been following Jesus on this journey and He is so faithful to show me where to go, what to expect, and how to make my hopes tangible. It is only by a miracle from God’s Sovereign support that I made it this far.
It is like making chocolate. Before adding the sweetness of honey or sugar, chocolate is bitter. It was historically consumed as a bitter drink for the elite and wealthy in Mesoamerica. It was sacred and not for all to enjoy.
After a time, it was discovered that by adding milk and sugar, the chocolate was even more tasty and abundant for all to enjoy.
Living by faith alone feels bitter at first and it can be really lonely because there are only a rare few who understand or can relate to what this is like.
Most just talk or share Bible words online but not many have actually walked it out with absolute faith in life-or-death situations. That is like making the purest chocolate and the although it starts out very bitter, the ending is so super sweet!
Normally by the time I get to the week before I need to miraculously cover my room, there “appears” to be no money and no way that it will arrive.
It just means I am about to get my next refill from my “God account” but I cannot allow myself to be scared by how impossible it looks.
During that time, I have to set all of my distracting thoughts aside and get serious about reaching into the unseen realm to draw out the fulfilled promises from God.
It is far from stagnant or without effort. In fact, it is the most strenuous time of exercising faith that I have ever known. There is a process to getting results and God has shown me what to do throughout these years.
God has also been showing me that He wants me to share that process with those who are interested in encountering more.
I have put it in a simple and easy-to-follow course that I have compiled together called, “Hope Repose”.
It seems like the hardest time for me to share it because I am entering into my sacred “chocolate” making week of needing to draw substance out of the unseen realm by faith to pay my room again. I only have a few days to go.
The thought of having to share this priceless treasure that I use for myself–where there are also people with religious mindsets or phony faith types–is the last thing I am wanting to do.
The fakers have absolutely no results and experience, but only useless head knowledge. They aggressively spread the poison of doubt like smoke and yet they have no clue because they cannot see it from their blindness.
Sharing this in the midst of those does not appeal to me at all lol. However, Jesus once said to me that He likes to also reach out to the blind (spiritually) to remove the stumbling blocks. So how can I resist Him?
However, the sweet part is God promised to reward me for sharing the joy of the freedom that He has taught me. That way those He has been calling can step out to live under a banner or miracles too.
The results far outweigh the bitterness of facing those fears. In the logical sense, this is insane. I am basically trusting God to show up with thousands of dollars from out of nowhere in a matter of days.
I don’t know where it will come from (I usually don’t) but I do know that I have experienced God doing this miracle for me over 100 times and counting over the course of 5 or more years.
It doesn’t come effortlessly at all. There was a process I had to learn. Once I step into the bitter side of chocolate by facing the fear of being homeless or falling into failure, I have to add the sweetness and it must be completely concentrated.
When it is just days before I need a miracle, I use the process that Jesus taught me and add sweetness to the bitter tartness of doing something that seems so impossible and scary.
During those days of long-suffering, while I wait for God to show up with tangible results, I have to apply my faith with all of my strength to believe that it is done.
I have to consume only hopeful thoughts, like adding pure sugar to turn the bitter chocolate into an abundance of sweet rewards.
It is not easy and during that week, I have to lock myself into a cocoon of sheer faith and hope. I have to lay down every fear, worry, and negative thought and choose to trust God–no matter what.
The book of James talks about those who have doubts and that they should not expect to receive anything from God.
That is not a polite suggestion, it is a law, a spiritual law of faith in action. Those who have faith must believe–without a doubt–that God will answer and reward their petitions.
However, what most of the non-active and no-result faith teachers do not realize is that dying to doubt is the hardest thing that most people will ever have to do–if they are serious about seeing radical faith rewards.
In the Hope Repose program, I simply and clearly show how I organize my thoughts and my attention to eliminate doubt and keep it out. Once doubt is mastered then we can get into child-like faith and effortlessly bloom into the fulfillment of our hopes.
This process and journey have changed me forever. There is no going back because I have been transformed. I am not even the same person that I was when I started.
I am not religious anymore. I love God with all of my heart. Jesus is my very best friend. However, I see clearly now and without the stinky negative thoughts that I used to carry around.
I have learned from sheer experience by living miracle to miracle to miracle–that most Christians don’t realize their fulfilled hopes because they have too much fear of the very things that will give them that freedom.
It is upside down and backward. I am so thankful that Jesus met me in that small hotel room when I had no one else to help me. Literally, a love rescue from God was my only option for survival. That is exactly where He wanted me to be.
Out of my love and true respect for Him, I am sharing this process with you.
Not because I want to lol. It is so much easier to keep to myself and continue to savor and enjoy the sweet treat of the results–like the finest and most indulgent chocolate one has ever tasted in their mouth.
Sharing this is part of my surrender and just another bridge to cross on the way to where I am going.
I am celebrating with those who will encounter freedom, unlike anything they have ever known.
I started in a tiny Super 8 motel room with no money and no car and in a city that I had never known. My room was only paid ahead for 5 days and I was trusting God to show up.
He took me from that lowest point of my life and lifted me up to being blessed to reside in gorgeous homes and receive several cars through this time, including the newest one.
Read about that one here: https://diamondsfromthedust.com/2022/10/13/the-story-behind-the-new-car-2/
It is like having a credit card from Heaven with no limits. A faith card lol. I never know how I am going to pay the next housing expense or the next need, but God somehow miraculously covers it all.
It is bitter when facing such extreme fears and impossible-seeming conditions, but once the fulfillment happens and the hopes are made tangible, it is the sweetest experience to treasure.
Chocolate is known to raise endorphins and serotonin levels in the brain which brings happiness and relieves depression and pain.
That is what it feels like when the miracle suddenly occurs–the bitterness of doing something so radical, terrifying, and different becomes the sweetest and richest treasure.
When I have no money (or so it seems) in my account and I need to pay for my room in only a handful of days–that is so bitter. I want to cry out in agony.
However, if I add the sweetness of hope-filled thoughts to that moment, then I will be able to see the fulfillment happen.
It is in that moment of seeing my hopes become tangible, that I know that I have directly encountered the intentional love of God. By experiencing His love, I am rewarded with the faith rewards that taste like the pure sweetness of rich decadent chocolate. 🍫
If you would like to hear more, I invite you to see the 🪷Hope Repose program here
https://diamondsfromthedust.sellfy.store/p/hope-repose-course/
My favorite way to activate it is in my bath when I can completely relax and be free from all distractions. That is also my favorite place to pray 🙂
It’s all about having a way to get into the place of child-like faith and this tool (and the others I have made in my store) really help me get lost into the faith zone where hopes come to life.
Thank you for your loving kindness during this time of getting this prepared and now I am off to “make” some chocolate for this next faith test.
Blessings and love!
Dannette
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