He Provides

One time when Natalie was four years old she was really in need of new socks. As I was tucking her in she was telling me what colors she wanted. While we were praying together she prayed that God would give baby Rachael new socks too. I didn't think much of it other than it was cute she wanted the baby to be like her. She prayed this for about 2 weeks every night. Well one morning I went to get the mail and I had gotten a package from an online friend. She had a baby girl the day after I had Rachael. Inside there was a handmade dress and some baby socks.... The note said " I know socks is a funny thing to send but Emma ended up with a bunch I hope you can use them" LOL Thank you Jesus! He made himself real and answered the child like prayers of a 4 year old. I could tell you of another time back when we only had four little ones Chris was cooking for a local restaurant and we were just making it and all the kids really needed winter boots. I knew there was no room in our budget so all I could do was pray. I ask Jesus to make a way even when it seemed there was none. A few days later we went to my inlaws for dinner and someone had dropped off winter boots for the team going down to Guatemala. Well there's no need for winter boots there so my mother in law told me to take a look and see if I wanted them. Let me tell you I don't cry at much and this broke me. There was 3 boy one and 1 girl in their exact sizes. Or I could tell you of a time when we were first married and looking for work and running out of food. Yet to prideful to ask for help and in our church mail box there was a $200 gift card to Safeway. Or times when money just shows up in our mail box. Or the time last year our truck sat in the drive way broke down and we prayed for 3 weeks and after paying all our bill there was $1000 extra!! I have many stories like this, but the most recent one is for a few weeks now I have been looking through kijiji for a headboard for my girls bedroom. I was looking for something decent even if it needed paint that was OK. But nothing was coming up, the other night I was laying in bed and I thought "I'm just going to ask the Lord for one". HE is so faithful and he truly does provide us with gifts. Friday night I get a call asking if we want a queen size bed and headboard and that it's only a year old . All I really needed was the headboard but it was the wrong size. My girls had a double bed. We took it and decided we would bless someone else that we knew of that really was in need of a double bed. It's pretty exciting to see how He provides all our wants and needs. :)