You Might Be Manna

At the beginning of October, someone blessed us with enough money to cover our rent for November. We saved it all month, not spending a penny of it. The day before rent was due, however, the bank took out their monthly fees, which left us a little short. What were we going to do? The first of the month came… and went. On Sunday, November 2, we were on our way out the door to go to church and saw our caretaker. Jimmy and I whispered to each other, “Should we tell him we don’t have rent?” “No, let’s go to church and pray for our miracle.” So that’s what we did.

As if the pastor knew our situation (but he didn’t!) he preached on finances, and everybody prayed blessings into their financial situation. Boy, did we pray!! After church a man walked up to me, slipped $20 into my hand and said, “God wants me to give you this. Maybe you can take your kids to McDonalds or something.” I burst into tears and said, “You are the miracle we prayed for this morning. This $20 is paying our rent this month! Please, can we skip McDonalds and pay our rent with it?” This man had no idea of our needs.

What if someone had not blessed us with rent money? What if this man had not given the $20?

When God tells you to do something, no matter how small it may seem…. DO IT.

On Tuesday, I opened our apartment-sized deep freeze where we keep our frozen meat, only to find that the freezer had quit working. Our entire winter’s supply of meat that my parents had given us (80-100 pounds of it) was bad and had to be thrown out. After sitting down and bawling for a good long time, I cleaned up the big mess. Oh God, what are we going to do?

A few hours later, I got a phone call. “Hello, this is Aunt Ruth. We have just gotten back to Winnipeg from your parents’ house in Saskatchewan. They sent some things for us to deliver to you. Can you come get it? There is a box of FROZEN MEAT so you should come as soon as possible so it doesn’t thaw.” Yes. This really happened this week!! It is enough meat to get us through at least a month, maybe even two. It’s our manna – God always keeps His promises and He will never leave us hungry!

What if my parents had not given us the box of meat? What if my uncle and aunt were not willing to deliver it?

When God tells you to do something, no matter how small it may seem… DO IT.

A couple of years ago, in Jimmy’s first year of nursing, we fed our kids the last bowl of oatmeal in the house. We were out of food. Lunch time was nearing, and we had no idea what we would eat. What are we going to do?

Someone rang our door bell and when I let her in, she gave us $200 worth of Sobeys’ gift certificates. Wow! Lunch was provided. Oh, but wait… a problem. Our gas tank was empty and we had no way to get to Sobeys. I checked our mailbox. There was a $20 bill in it. Our gas money was provided!

What if the lady did not bring us the Sobeys gift certificates? What if someone had not sent $20 for us to put gas into the van?

When God tells you to do something, no matter how small it may seem… DO IT.

A few years ago, a woman in my ladies Bible Study group told a story of when she first started going to church. She had very little money and had just learned about tithing. She saw two pennies on the floor, picked them up and in a laughing manner asked a nearby pastor, “So what’s the tithe on two cents?” He said, “Well, why don’t you just throw them both in the plate and see what God can do?” So she did. That day, someone had put an anonymous $200 gift in the offering plate for her. She received ten thousand times more back than what she gave!

What if that person hadn’t obeyed God’s voice and kept their money instead?

When God tells you to do something, no matter how small it may seem… DO IT!