God's Provision
In the fall of 2009 I started working for myself. No salary guarantee. No regular paycheck. And it was in the depth of the recession. Scary times. But here we are in 2015 and I am alive. God provided. I am still married and we have money in the bank. We pay out of state tuition to one of America's best universities. We are not "rich" by American standards but we are ba-zillonaires by the standards of most of the world. Since only 10% of the world's population own a car and we have uh, several....yeah, we are ba-zillionaires. During these times of uncertainty I had to rely on God a LOT. I studied the scriptures to claim God's promises of provision. As I read this week's reading in The Story of God's provision to Elijah I thought again about how God's provides: Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to