The Lord Will Provide

"And it is my purpose to provide for my saints, for all things are mine." D&C 104:15

This is a promise the Lord has made to us, that he will provide us. This is something that I was reminded of just today, along with a few other things. I hope you don't mind if I share a story with you.

The last few days I have been stressing out about money. With Vince in Logan and jobless still (I am trusting in the Lord to handle that)we are dependent on my lowly paycheck. So because of this, money has been tight and we really have to watch our spending. Well due to some unforeseen issues last week we are out of money, and I don't get paid till end of the week. So when I sat down to think about this I realized I wouldn't have money to get back and forth to work, pay for a title transfer or plates for the van. This also meant that I would need to borrow money from my parents, which I don't want to do. And then to top it all off, Friday the dogs decided that they wanted more to eat and helped themselves to the dog food, leaving maybe a 2 1/2 day supply. So again I would have to go to my parents and ask for money for dog food. Knowing that this would bring up discussions as to when Vince is going to get a job, that he must not be looking good enough, etc. I wanted to avoid that.

Today my father asked me if I would be riding with them to (his) church. I told them no that I wanted to drive myself, this was because I wanted to be able to go to my own church. After they left I pondered to myself if I had made the right decision, knowing that I had less than 1/2 a tank of gas and all the driving this would involve. Something came to mind as I played some video games this morning, our change jar. I knew there wasn't much money there, but it was better than nothing. So I got ready to go to church and grabbed my change jar and walked out the door. I stopped by Kroger to use the 'coinstar' to cash in my change. When it was done I had a whopping $15.00. "Alright, I will use this $10.00 for gas, and then the $5.00 to buy some canned food for the dogs". So I pulled up the pump and I did just that, I put in exactly $10.00 which put me a little over 1/2 a tank and off I went. After my father's church let out around noon it was time to head to Fairfield, but I had some time to kill because services don't start till 2pm.

Well I headed to our house to get some things done, and got there and walked in the door I looked right over at one of those plastic drawers that we use for our clothes. I figured I could use it either at my parent's house or at school, but I better take a look inside. When I opened it up I noticed the cash drawer from when we had the store. Now, I figured that there wouldn't be nothing but change in there because Vince would have taken it all, but change is better than nothing. When I lifted the lid I saw a check sitting there, some 20's and a 10. So I grabbed the paper money and check and put it in my wallet. Then I grabbed our change jar and filled it up. I went to the bank and deposited the money and cashed in the changed, when it was all said and done I had close to $400.00. This money makes up for what we had lost, plus it allowed me to buy dog / cat food and mail Vincent a care package.

When I got to Sacrament Service I noticed a theme with the talks. It boiled down to Gratitude and Remember the source of our Blessings. Which was a reminder of where this money had come from. And then as I got ready to leave I stopped to talk to Sis. Meadows. She asked me how we were doing, and I told her about the money issues. Her response was, "The Lord will provide," little did she know that he already had.
It wasn't until the drive home that I started putting these things together and really realized that the Lord kept his promise to provide in our times of need. It's funny that sometimes we don't even realize that the Lord was the one that helped us out, even with small things. Matthew 6:8 says, "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." I am truly grateful to know that I have a Heavenly Father that knows what I need even before I ask him, and that he will even provide those needful things before I ask.

Matthew 6:31 - 33
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

So what I guess I am trying to say is..The Lord knows what you have need of, sometimes we don't even need to ask. But we should always be grateful for what he provides for us in our times of need.