And then there was the time........

Oh, it is so good to remember the things God has done in the past and to know that he never changes. The future is bright no matter what it looks like right now.
Yeah..wow...one day in the midst of our financial disasters a good friend was visiting.  He lived in a different town about 90 minutes away.  While he was there a mutual friend came to our door.  She was a dear elderly lady living on a small widow's pension and was in a similar type of monthly financial bind as ourselves.  She wouldn't come in, she just said hello and handed me an envelope. Then she left right away.  It never occurred to me that she had put money into the envelope.  We helped each other out from month to month with sharing groceries.  If one of us had gas in the car and the other didn't we would give each other rides.  Without thinking I opened the envelope in front of our out of town friend.  Inside that envelope was $70!  I started to cry because I knew what a sacrifice she had made for us.  Our visiting friend knew about this lady's financial situation and was shocked that someone on a teeny widow's pension had given us money.  Being the curious type who won't take no for an answer he pushed and pushed until we finally admitted we had been struggling for a long time.  Then we brushed it off and continued our visit. Our friend went home but he was back 4 hours later.  He brought us 10 fold what the dear widow had given us and once again the mortgage got paid a few days later.  He was stunned that we had been going on this way for a long time and yet very few people knew.  We thought it was best if only God, and a scant few friends in the same boat, knew the extent of the problem. That left God free to provide for us however he chose when jobs didn't work out or didn't pay enough to cover everything.  How could my husband and I ever say that God doesn't care about us?  Looking back it is a claim we simply cannot make. The loss of stress now over unexpected bills, late cheques etc. is the most amazing thing I have ever experienced.  God is very real to me.  He is my heavenly Father.