A small miracle

Just wanted to share a quick testimony...not like a life-changing miracle per se, but definitely evidence of God's mighty hand. I've been praying a lot recently about battling my flesh and living by the Spirit first. It's been humbling and relentless to say the least, but my eyes have really been opened to see how fiercely the flesh fights back. With that said, one area that I have been battling the flesh is in the area of provision. It's the whole conflict of trusting in my own (in)ability to save vs. God's provision in all circumstances. So I've been continually surrendering that to Him, asking Him to teach me to trust Him, even when my bank account is anemic and this $2200 trip is looming.

Well last night, I was going through a giant, 2 month old stack of mail and saw a random letter from my car insurance folk. Thinking it was a change of policy or something boring like that, I opened it and lo and behold, there was a check! Not a crazy amount, but there it was! I then thought it was one of those tricks where you cash the check and they sign you up for some service, but as far as I can tell, it was just free money. Who gets money from their insurance company saying "because of a good financial year and blah blah blah, we wanted to give you a refund on your premium"?! Obviously, I can trust that He will provide for me through my friends, but through a selfish insurance company? Nonsense! More than the money itself, I immediately saw God's hand at work. There it was, a gentle reminder than He is in control and that I can trust Him.

So remember that He is able and that He is GENEROUS. He is not stingy so that He can save up for a plasma or something, but He is "stingy" in our eyes to teach us whatever He wants to teach us. And I am so thankful He is smarter than me. *sigh* It's like honey. MmmmmMMmmmmMM...

P.S. Only four more weeks!!

P.P.S. Justin kinda looks like Fez. HAHAHA!