Everything

I've been silent here this week because sometimes life just gets too...loud. It's been an up and down, round and round week for us, but far more up than down. God promises to give us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge in Him (2 Peter 1:3), and He has made that amazingly clear to me this week.

Mike and I have been reading through the Autobiography of George Muller and have been encouraged by Muller's total and visible dependence on God displayed through his prayers. I do not pray has boldly as I ought, but God is faithful just the same. This past Wednesday, for instance, Mike came home for lunch with some difficult news. Minutes before he arrived, a dear friend came over unexpectedly with dinner and a pie, saying she had desired to make us dinner. After Mike left to return to work, the rest of my day was sort of scattered. I felt unable to do much more than care for the children, pray, and rest. I was overwhelmed by the Lord's grace to me in providing dinner, even before I knew it would be difficult for me to make dinner. It reminded me of a time last spring when I was pregnant and would get sick whenever I cooked -- one afternoon I was dreading making dinner and a neighbor offered it without my asking.

Later on Wednesday, a friend came over while Mike was out. I hadn't wanted to be alone, but I hadn't asked anyone to come over, either. She encouraged me in the Lord, reminded me of truth, prayed with me, and laughed with me. I think if she had not come, the temptation to fear would have been more than I could handle -- but God sent her to remind me of truth. The Lord's care for his children is abundant, and He knows what they need before they ask him (Matthew 6:32). Oh, that I would have more faith!