Out of work
I was out of work and didn’t have much money. I was trusting God to see me though but there were times when I worried about how long I might be out of work for and if my savings would be enough. I decided to cut back on my grocery shop and to shop more flexibly while I asked God (nightly) to help me through.
Then I noticed that things weren’t the way they used to be. I found that I was living on several thousand a month less than I used to but that my life was pretty much the same. I would go to the supermarket to buy food and find everything I needed was reduced. It seemed eerie so I decided that if something wasn’t reduced I should challenge myself to se if it was a want or a need. Shopping trip after shopping trip I found that everything I needed would be reduced, often just for that day while other things remained the same price.
I had stopped eating out as often as I used to but then surprise, surprise I was sent an email with discount vouchers for one of my favourite places. A meal there would cost me half what it used to. Then when the voucher period ran out a club I belong to added it to their discount list. Could this all be coincidence or was it the answer to prayer?
My vacuum broke down - a new highly recommended one was reduced to more than half price. My microwave stopped working and the morning after I began to wonder how I would replace it – it worked like new again. Clothes, shoes, software anything and everything I needed graciously provided at a price I could afford.
Realising how things were working I would only look in the discount or sale sections sure the item I needed would have been placed there by my loving Heavenly Father. It always was.
I still pray daily and ask God to help me through and He always does. God keeps His promises.