| Sep 24 2007 |
I have to share this. Maybe I am not supposed to, but I HAVE to. I find it so amazing.
We have been having some rather difficult times in our financial arena. Yesterday at church, I wanted to give to the offering so bad, but had very little money. I remembered that I did have two dollar bills, and a twenty that my husband had extra and gave to me for groceries. I thought about the widow and her two mites, and what that two dollars could buy me, and I said,"No, God will provide for my groceries, I am trusting Him." I put in the two dollars. Afterwards, I had this mental struggle, thinking,"I really needed that money,'" and then, "NO, God will supply, He always does!" Back and forth, finally getting myself to focus on the message!!
We had a brisket pulled out and cooking, and I told my husband,"Let's go to the store and get some potato salad, bread, stuff like that. (With my back out, I was having to bake bread since I couldn't do a store run.) Anyway, to make a long story short, I got to the checkout, having been very careful not to go over my $20. I didn't and we got what we needed. I pulled out a few of these old gift cards that had like .17 and .89 cents on them. I was just going to use them and get rid of them. I was tired of carrying them around. The second one that I pulled out, covered the entire amount, and I told her, that wasn't right. She printed a receipt and showed me that that particular card had $100.00 to start off with and still had $81 something. I nearly flipped. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT CARD ONLY HAD A FEW CENTS!!!!!!! NO DOUBT!!! I DON'T FORGET THINGS LIKE THAT!!!
To say the least, we went back and SHOPPED!!! Got extra everything and I still have more to use!!! I am so estatic. Not only did God keep His promise, He did it within a few hours!!!
Amazing, right? I know that some of you will say, oh, it was just coincidence. She forgot! NO!! I DIDN'T FORGET. I BOUGHT THAT ONE PARTICULARLY DIFFERENT SO IT WOULD LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS, AND I REMEMBER USING THE ENTIRE AMOUNT EXCEPT FOR A FEW CENTS!!! I don't forget these things. God supplied my needs!! And He always will, even though I am completely undeserving!!!! (AND BELIEVE ME, I AM UNDESERVING!!!)
Just thought I would pass it along. Feel free to tell anyone else, my "$2 story".
Love and Joy!!!!


