God Provides...
so, as some of you know, i just began a job with home depot, peddling rakes and grass seed. only, i have been scheduled for my first day of work on the 30th of this month... which also happens to correspond with the day i run out of money (my plan was to be working for the fire service by now, so i didn't bother saving any money past now, ya know, as a 'just-in-case' fund.)
needless to say, at current rate of consumption, i will officially be penniless the same day i begin work...
sketchy.
and one thing i don't have is money to burn... and that's what was so cool about this evening at church.
just before the service ended, the ushers started sending around the offering baskets. i took out my spidey wallet, opened the crackly velcro fastener, and found a receipt from chipotle and a twenty dollar bill... my last twenty dollar bill. and, as seemingly fortunate as it is (or rather unfortunate, it seems), i can always hear when God tells me something, and in this case, i could distinctly hear Him telling me to chuck the twenty bucks into the offering.
usually, i am ashamed to say, i would outrightly deny His call, and keep the money to pay for food, but tonight, His droning call finally got to me.
as i readied the twenty for deposit, i remember saying something to the effect of 'God, this is my last twenty, and, i was totally planning on eating this week... so if you could bless me with a away to get a couple bucks, that'd be awesome... thanks God.'
then, oddly enough, when it was time for the plate to come to our row, for one reason or another, we got completely skipped... our row got totally passed by!
i looked back down at the twenty in my hand and smiled...
'here's twenty bucks jev.'
just like that! presto! twenty bucks just appeared in my hand!
thanks God.
what's funny is that now instead of looking at the money like it was mine to start with, i look at it as God's to start with.
i came and left with the same twenty, only somehow during the process, i gave 20 bucks and gained 20 bucks.
needless to say, at current rate of consumption, i will officially be penniless the same day i begin work...
sketchy.
and one thing i don't have is money to burn... and that's what was so cool about this evening at church.
just before the service ended, the ushers started sending around the offering baskets. i took out my spidey wallet, opened the crackly velcro fastener, and found a receipt from chipotle and a twenty dollar bill... my last twenty dollar bill. and, as seemingly fortunate as it is (or rather unfortunate, it seems), i can always hear when God tells me something, and in this case, i could distinctly hear Him telling me to chuck the twenty bucks into the offering.
usually, i am ashamed to say, i would outrightly deny His call, and keep the money to pay for food, but tonight, His droning call finally got to me.
as i readied the twenty for deposit, i remember saying something to the effect of 'God, this is my last twenty, and, i was totally planning on eating this week... so if you could bless me with a away to get a couple bucks, that'd be awesome... thanks God.'
then, oddly enough, when it was time for the plate to come to our row, for one reason or another, we got completely skipped... our row got totally passed by!
i looked back down at the twenty in my hand and smiled...
'here's twenty bucks jev.'
just like that! presto! twenty bucks just appeared in my hand!
thanks God.
what's funny is that now instead of looking at the money like it was mine to start with, i look at it as God's to start with.
i came and left with the same twenty, only somehow during the process, i gave 20 bucks and gained 20 bucks.
posted by Lord Milton Pepperbottom III at 10:41 PM
6 Comments:
Great story Jev.
I will be sure to alert the church that the incompetance of their ushers cost them at least 20 bucks.
PS. If you need a meal, come on over 'cause Amy and I would not mind feeding you.
aww, you kids are the sweetest! tom, trust me bro, i would love to have some grub with you and the misses, too bad my work schedule sucks! but! i will see you tomorrow guy! soccer rules! and jay, thanks for the post, it's good to have you back! i have been without internet for quite some time, and will be for at least another couple of months... uh... crappy! but! i will try to keep up with the posts!
There's a potluck on Saturday night. Free food if you come...
mmmmmm free food.... i'll be there as soon as i'm outta the depot!
Hey Jev, I need to hook up with all the people who look at your blog, free food is always good
Jev that's beautiful. Amen brother!
Anonymously,
Will
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