The Lord is Good

Lately the lord has been proving to me over and over again how he takes care of us.  A little over two weeks ago I was worrying about my job security.  I had taken the job in a seasonal capacity and while I had applied for the flexible part time position, I hadn't heard anything.  So I was worrying.  Also my car had died and while I would have about $700 come tax returns it is hard to buy a decent car with that much money.
So, two sunday's ago I was praying during our prayer time at church (which is usually long and everyone participates...) I released my worry to God.  Then, in the quiet I suddenly heard the birds that were in the bushes outside the window near me and into my mind came this passage from Matthew chapter 6.

25"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]?



28"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. 29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 30If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?"

And in that moment a peace swept over me.  And to prove his point even more, a couple in our church approached my father after church and offered us their 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva.  They would give it to us, we would have to have some repairs done on it (the water pump had broken) but compared to buying a new car this was an amazing release of stress.  And the timing was such that only He could have arranged it.

With that taken care of, all I needed was the assurance that I would still have a job come March.  I knew that I was going to hear at some point this week and asked everyone at church to pray for peace in the situation.  Well, I heard today.  I was taken on in the "Flexible part time" position, which means that I still have a job!!!! Yay (it so helps to pay for 2 bridesmaid dresses)

So, all this to say God is good all the time!!!!!