As those of you that have been reading my blog most likely know, Jordan has been a stretching time for us financially, but it has been a great time of growing in our faith. I don't know why I would ever doubt God because for the past 15 years as I have lived by faith without a salary I have seen Him provide my every need, above and beyond. (Not that I think those that live with a salary don't live by faith. God just chooses other ways to teach them the same things) Anyway, for some reason this season has been stretching for me. But as always, God has been SO faithful.
First story....Mike and I decided to take the kids out to the park to get out of the house and to hopefully run into some Arabic speakers to be able to practice our language. But wouldn't you know it, we meet another western family with 3 kids and we end up visiting with them and we hit it off right away and go back to their house and drink tea together. (Ugh...this language thing is hard, especially when we hang out with English speakers, but that is for another blog, another day) Anyway, this family has now become good friends of ours, but the next day after the park they show up at our house, and they have brought us groceries, a new cell phone (because we had only been using one up to this point), diapers, and all kinds of stuff. Umm.....was this just a coincidence that we randomly met this family in the park and that they knew Mike was going to be out of the house during the day and we could really use another cell phone? That night Mike and I had to just lay in bed and smile and thank God for how He works.
Second story....this one is kind of random, but I went to the grocery store and needed to pick up a few things, one of them being Oatmeal. Well, I couldn't find any at the store that I went to, and if you know how difficult it feels for me to get out of the house these days to get to the store, not getting any at this trip was very annoying. But, there wasn't any, so what was I to do, I would get it next time. No biggie! So, later that same day or the next, I can't quite remember, our family was invited to the neighbor house of our friends' that we met from the park. This lady and her family are Jordanian but have lived in the US and are actually on their way back to living in the US. Anyway, I am sitting in her living room, the kids are all playing and she randomly comes out from the kitchen with a big container of Quaker Oats and asks me if I want it because her kids don't eat it. In my head I am thinking, "Is she serious?" "Is this for real?" How often are you over at someone's house that you have just met and they offer you their Oatmeal. So, I said "yeah", and just laughed inside and thanked God, yet again!
Third story.....ok, this actually has a two in one story because just as I was starting to write it I realized that someone blessed us with tickets to go and see a "Pirate Show" at the Children's Museum here in Jordan. A bunch of other families were going and one of our friends called us and said that someone wanted to buy us tickets. Wow, ok....so before the show we all were meeting at the mall nearby to eat dinner in the foodcourt. So, there are about 4 families and about 10 kids running around. I was going over to help one of my boys with something, when this lady approached me and started talking with me. She was super friendly and just curious what we were all doing here in Jordan. So we got to talking....she was only in Jordan for 3 weeks for some training with the UN, and then she would head back to the country she worked. It was nice visiting with her, then she said goodbye and a few moments later came back and handed me a bundle of money. Woah....I was a little taken back, and almost embarrassed as well. Why me? But again had to thank God for his providence and his sense of humor. Of all of the families there that evening she ended up talking with me and handing me the money? Random or providence?
I could actually go on an on of how God has blessed us with different things at the perfect time that we needed it. Whether it has been finances or friends or Oatmeal :-)
So, I tell you all of this to say that God has been teaching me to trust Him. Even when I don't think I have it all together or know where things will come from. He promises me in His Word that He will meet my every need, so I can REST and TRUST!
"Trust in the LORD with ALL your heart, lean NOT on your understanding, in ALL your ways acknowledge HIM and HE will make your paths straight" Proverbs 3:5-6
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