What About Food For Next Week, Lord!
April 3, 2011
This was written over a year ago.
I was looking forward to meeting some former co-workers at a restaurant last Saturday. We have been keeping a promise that we would start meeting once a month at a wonderful restaurant. This started occurring after my former supervisor's sister passed. She mentioned that she wanted to keep in touch with everyone. So we decided to just go ahead and just meet. Every time we meet, the number of those in attendance increases.
It was planned for Saturday. As the time came to attend the breakfast, I just knew that I didn't have the money to attend. When Saturday morning came, I was sure that I wouldn't go. How could I go to breakfast and not have enough to get some food here? We were really operating off of a very small budget. I am now retired and I am a single mom.
I called the girl who was supposed to pick me up. She always picks me up to attend these breakfasts. She also has her mom with her who is 91 years old. When I called to cancel, she was disappointed because I know the way and she needed for me to help her get there. I told her that when she was ready to go to call me and I will guide her to the place by phone. She wanted to know if I needed finances and if that was the reason for me not going. She said that that wouldn't be a problem. But, I didn't want to expose to her my financial situation. I told her that I would discuss it with her later. Not long after that call to cancel, she called me back and said that her mother wouldn't go because I wasn't going. Her mom didn't know the others well and felt comfortable with me there as well.
I am now in between still saying no because my teen son is very observant. He would wonder why I went and spent money on a breakfasts and we needed money ourselves for food.
The Lord led me in a lightning- split decision to go. I told her to please tell her mom that I would go so she wouldn't miss out on this monthly meeting. She really waned to go.
She arrived to pick me up. As I got into the car, she slipped $25 to me without her mother seeing it. I just melted. But, then I also knew that maybe she was paying me early for some work that I do for her that she picks up every Monday morning. She teaches and I type out her lesson plan, class newsletter, activities, etc.
I am now sitting in the back seat just thanking God while we were on our way.
But what about money that I needed for food for the next week?
You see, God knew what blessings I would receive by just going on to the breakfast. I didn't want this 91 year old woman to miss out so I just went on by faith knowing that the next week would be taken care of.
It turned out on Monday that when she picked up her work, I thought that she had already paid me on Saturday. She handed me another $25. I told her that she already paid me Saturday. She said, "No, this is for the times that you wouldn't charge me anything for some sopies of the work that she had already had made. I told her that I wouldn't charge her for that because they
were just copies and she had already bought the ink and I had mounds of paper that she had given me. Why charge?
Not only did she give me money for Monday, she called early yesterday morning wanting something else and slipped a $10 to me. Now last night while I was watching my favorite Fox News program, she called again. She said that she just woke up from a a nap and wanted me to do something else. Today, she handed me $10.
I am just rejoicing at what God has already knew would happen to supply all that I need from day to day. I think about the verse that says, "Give us this day, our daily bread."
I am taking it one day at a time ladies knowing that God will keep His promises to take care of me and my son.
I can rejoice to believe His report about me, that He sings and rejoices over me. His thoughts of me are more than the grains of sand on the earth. What concerns me concerns Him!!
In this I am thankful and grateful and in all things giving thanks!
**My son never said a word to me about going out for breakfast!! (SMILE)
I believe that the Lord is preparing my son to believe His report that He will take care of us. Because of this economy system that is dire, Spencer will know that it is the LORD Who will take care of him day by day!
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
I was looking forward to meeting some former co-workers at a restaurant last Saturday. We have been keeping a promise that we would start meeting once a month at a wonderful restaurant. This started occurring after my former supervisor's sister passed. She mentioned that she wanted to keep in touch with everyone. So we decided to just go ahead and just meet. Every time we meet, the number of those in attendance increases.
It was planned for Saturday. As the time came to attend the breakfast, I just knew that I didn't have the money to attend. When Saturday morning came, I was sure that I wouldn't go. How could I go to breakfast and not have enough to get some food here? We were really operating off of a very small budget. I am now retired and I am a single mom.
I called the girl who was supposed to pick me up. She always picks me up to attend these breakfasts. She also has her mom with her who is 91 years old. When I called to cancel, she was disappointed because I know the way and she needed for me to help her get there. I told her that when she was ready to go to call me and I will guide her to the place by phone. She wanted to know if I needed finances and if that was the reason for me not going. She said that that wouldn't be a problem. But, I didn't want to expose to her my financial situation. I told her that I would discuss it with her later. Not long after that call to cancel, she called me back and said that her mother wouldn't go because I wasn't going. Her mom didn't know the others well and felt comfortable with me there as well.
I am now in between still saying no because my teen son is very observant. He would wonder why I went and spent money on a breakfasts and we needed money ourselves for food.
The Lord led me in a lightning- split decision to go. I told her to please tell her mom that I would go so she wouldn't miss out on this monthly meeting. She really waned to go.
She arrived to pick me up. As I got into the car, she slipped $25 to me without her mother seeing it. I just melted. But, then I also knew that maybe she was paying me early for some work that I do for her that she picks up every Monday morning. She teaches and I type out her lesson plan, class newsletter, activities, etc.
I am now sitting in the back seat just thanking God while we were on our way.
But what about money that I needed for food for the next week?
You see, God knew what blessings I would receive by just going on to the breakfast. I didn't want this 91 year old woman to miss out so I just went on by faith knowing that the next week would be taken care of.
It turned out on Monday that when she picked up her work, I thought that she had already paid me on Saturday. She handed me another $25. I told her that she already paid me Saturday. She said, "No, this is for the times that you wouldn't charge me anything for some sopies of the work that she had already had made. I told her that I wouldn't charge her for that because they
were just copies and she had already bought the ink and I had mounds of paper that she had given me. Why charge?
Not only did she give me money for Monday, she called early yesterday morning wanting something else and slipped a $10 to me. Now last night while I was watching my favorite Fox News program, she called again. She said that she just woke up from a a nap and wanted me to do something else. Today, she handed me $10.
I am just rejoicing at what God has already knew would happen to supply all that I need from day to day. I think about the verse that says, "Give us this day, our daily bread."
I am taking it one day at a time ladies knowing that God will keep His promises to take care of me and my son.
I can rejoice to believe His report about me, that He sings and rejoices over me. His thoughts of me are more than the grains of sand on the earth. What concerns me concerns Him!!
In this I am thankful and grateful and in all things giving thanks!
**My son never said a word to me about going out for breakfast!! (SMILE)
I believe that the Lord is preparing my son to believe His report that He will take care of us. Because of this economy system that is dire, Spencer will know that it is the LORD Who will take care of him day by day!
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Posted by Lynn Dixon.
