God Provides

    A few weeks ago, hubby did an oil change on our car and with the help of his father and brother discovered that we needed a new tie rod. After work, he picked me up and told me. We scheduled the repair, and I headed to my evening dishwasher job.

    Once at work, I checked the schedule for the following week. I see that I have an additional shift for that week. The girl who works Tuesday and Wednesday now has my Monday shift, and I have her Tuesday and Wednesday shifts. I smile to myself and see God's hand at work.

    After work, I came home and told hubby about my new shifts. And that we can use that money for our upcoming car repair. We had other ideas of how we would pay for the repair, but this method sounded better.

    Hubby is also the first to jump and get extra hours at work when needed.

    So, over the next two weeks, I worked a few extra shifts at the restaurant that in theory would cover the car repair. Hubby picked me up from the restaurant one evening after fixing the car with his dad and told me what our bill would be for the parts to fix our car. We had both separately been expecting a bigger number and were excited to see that it would be half of what we expected. My extra shifts more than covered the bill.

    Last night I saw that the schedule was posted at the restaurant. I saw that I am returning to my normal schedule next week. Monday night.

    Again, I smiled to myself and thought of how God was providing. You see, not only was He providing for us financially, but He was also teaching me a lesson. I keep thinking to myself that I would like more shifts/should be able to handle more shifts. Hubby lovingly reminds me that I do not want more nor can I handle more. But I'm also very stubborn and don't always listen. So God in all His wisdom allowed me to see that I don't want extra shifts, nor can I handle them.

    So, God gave us a two-in-one deal. Gave me extra shifts to cover the bill and taught me that I don't want extra shifts. He is so good. He knows what is best for us and what we need and knows that sometimes we need to experience what it is we think we want for us to learn what God already knows.

    What is God teaching you, friend? I pray this post blesses and encourages you today.

God Bless

~Hannah

My parents and I attended my sisters "Family and Friends Day" at school a few weeks ago. Where they gave us a tour of her lab, took our blood and showed us how they test it. Once she graduates, she will be a Medical Laboratory assistant/technician.