I am constantly reminded that God will always give us enough.
Enough to eat…enough to wear…enough to pay the bills…enough.
Last week…because of rain and…um…more rain…Matt was unable to work for a day and a half. (He works construction…and…it’s not a good idea to install someone’s windows when it’s raining… Yeah, homeowners don’t really care for the open hole in the wall while rain is pelting down…silly, I know.)
So, while we REALLY enjoyed having daddy home during that time…we were cringing just a bit by the lack of income. (Because getting stuff done at home just doesn’t pay as much per hour…)
But, Matt has been doing quite a bit of soccer refereeing (is that a word?) this spring…and we knew he had a few games over the weekend, so we thought…”well, that will help some.”
Well…guess what?
When he showed up to referee on Saturday…they ended up needing him for an extra game…plus he did a couple on Sunday afternoon.
Guess how much he got paid for all of his games over the weekend?
Yep, exactly what he would have gotten for his day and a half of missed work during the week.
Exactly.
God always gives us enough. Always.
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So…what did God do for YOU this week?! Leave us a comment….or… Blog about it and come back and link up! Share with us how God is working in your life…even if it’s “just” a simple thing! Simple things are worth praising God about! Let’s encourage one another this Gratituesday!
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Jayme says:
woo-hoo for Gratituesday!!!!!!!!
April 7th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Suezque says:
That is so true! It is sometimes crazy how we have enough, and I’ll be thinking “How’d that happen, we were headed for bust,” but then there’s just enough!
Mine’s up- thanks for hosting Gratituesday!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Kate says:
God is so good at always providing and meeting us at our times of need. Beautiful post!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Tania says:
Thank you for sharing that. Being an missionary kid it seems like we saw the Lord provide in big ways all the time. Sometimes I forgot He still does do that. (-:
April 7th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Char says:
YAY God! Thanks for sharing this. I’m praising Him for always providing for you… for us… God is SO good!
April 7th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Beck says:
What a wonderful thing to be grateful for AND what a wonderful idea for Tuesdays!
April 8th, 2008 at 9:01 am
Alyson @ 3 P's in a Pod says:
Laura -
Thanks so much for doing this. I have been wanting to do a weekly gratitude post and you helped me get off square one!
I cannot think of anything I am more thankful for than my family - Easter time was a perfect time to celebrate tat very thing too. See my post at
http://threepsinapod.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-have-so-many-things-to-be-grateful.html#links
Alyson @ 3 P’s in a Pod
April 8th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Melanie says:
Thanks for sharing how God provided for your fam this week! What an awesome reminder of how perfectly he cares for us!
April 8th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Amy says:
This is a little thing… but little things add up quickly around here! Just last week we decided to cancel our $6.50 a month newspaper subscription. I was tired of recycling unread newspapers (who has time to read the paper with 3 kiddos running around?) BUT I knew I would miss my coupons… I happened to ask a neighbor if she used the coupons from her paper. She didn’t and she agreed to save them for me. The “GO GOD” part… she must get a couple different papers because I now have TWICE the coupons and no unread newspaper.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Kelsey says:
This is a great idea I will have to do it next week.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Niki Nowell says:
What a great idea. I love the name Gratituesday and I’m glad I could link up with you. My post is up.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Niki Nowell says:
Ooops. I forgot to say that my post is about being grateful for college friends.
April 8th, 2008 at 4:46 pm