God has always been very faithful to provide for our needs. From the time He put our broken family back together to this very day, He has never let us down. One of the first things we learned when we became followers of Jesus in 1986 was to honor the Lord with our giving, and He has blessed us in return.

God’s blessings upon us were not just monetary. He provided us with six or seven cars for a number of years. They may not have lasted forever, but whenever one of those gifts was ready to die, someone else came along and offered us their old car.

Throughout our lives, God has provided what we needed when we needed it. When we had trouble paying our taxes a few times, God always stirred someone’s heart to offer us the money we needed to pay them.

When my husband had a heart attack at a time when we didn’t have health insurance, one of the hospitals cancelled the $35,000 debt when we couldn’t get other help. While he was out of work for a couple months, the Lord provided for us through others’ giving and a church fund raiser.

When we were moving out of our old mobile home to put up a new house, I feared we wouldn’t be able to afford the mortgage. But the Lord was so faithful to arrange a conversation with a bank employee at just the right time. By mistake the woman quoted me a much lower interest rate, and because I agreed to that and the conversation was recorded, the bank had to honor it. Our mortgage on the new house was only $4 more per month than what we’d paid before.

When it was nearing time for my husband to retire because of a knee injury, we weren’t sure how we could possibly live on Social Security. But again, God came through for us. He was able to get a nice settlement through Workmen’s Comp because of the knee, and we were surprised by a letter from his company that came after he signed up for SS benefits.

Years earlier when the company had switched to a 401K for the employees, what was already in their retirement funds continued to multiply over the years. We weren’t even aware of this. The company decided at that time to dissolve these benefits and each one was given what was in their accounts. We were shocked at how much the Lord provided through this.

So we continue to believe God for His great faithfulness to always provide for us. I shared with you last June that the Lord opened a door for me to publish a devotional book I’d written years ago. I needed to raise the funds to get it published, and was amazed at how much people were willing to give, even some I didn’t know.

I had raised all but the last $1,000 I needed, and had no idea where the rest would come from since there was no one left to ask. But God, of course, and He did not disappoint. The last $1,000 came to me anonymously, and I was able to get my first book published.

So if you’re interested in reading it, Life Observations: Lessons from Daily Living is available in either print or eBook on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I thank the Lord for bringing this dream to reality.

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