| FOOD PROVISION |
As a single parent, I had some very interesting times raising my son. The worst (for me) was when I would
have trouble making ends meet from payday to payday. Being paid once a month was tough on me. I had
learned to budget being paid either weekly or bi-weekly. Suddenly I was in a job that paid monthly. Phew.
I had been learning in church about how God was my Provider and the Source of all I needed. I thought this
was great news! I liked knowing Someone else out there was willing to take on the responsibility of helping me
raise my child.
So one day I noticed we only had a bottle of catsup and a loaf of bread. No canned goods, no meat, no eggs,
no milk - nada. I don't remember now how things got so low since I usually had good old ramen noodles - but I
didn't even have those.
So, I went to God in prayer. I reminded Him that He promised to meet all my needs and I knew He wasn't broke.
I laid it on the line - nothing holy - a simple, "We need food, God!" I didn't tell a soul we were out of food.
Either God was able to provide miraculously - or He wasn't.
Now Josh, who was 4 or 5 at the time, thought catsup sandwiches were the best thing he'd ever heard of. He
didn't know we were out of food and broke. He just thought he was getting to eat a treat. He's like that today,
a little whacky about special sandwiches he creates.
I made it a practice of not letting him know how things really were - I simply told him God would always take
care of us. I didn't pour my adult issues out onto his child shoulders. He was a kid and as far as he was
concerned, all was well in our lives.
Now I did tell him I was asking God for some more food, but he still didn't realize how little we had. He didn't
know bread and catsup were it! As far as he was concerned, we were just asking God for something in prayer.
We'd done that before, so it was no biggie to him.
Later that afternoon, the phone rang. It was my friend Ginny, who was in the process of moving from one
house to another one on the other side of town. She said, "Do you want some groceries? I'm tired of packing
and I just don't want to move the contents of my freezer. Can you use it? I don't know what all's in it but it's
yours."
I was calm and said, "Sure, that would be great."
Then I hung up and told Josh, then we did a happy Snoopy dance - jumping and dancing all over the house.
We thanked God for His provision.
When Ginny came over, she brought 3 large trash bags (13 gallon size) of food from her freezer (meat, frozen
vegies and fruits, breads, etc.), canned goods and some fresh vegies, and a gallon of milk she didn't want to
take with her. There was enough food for way beyond a week. There was enough food for months!
After she got to the house, THEN I told her that we were down to catsup sandwiches. Needless to say, she
celebrated with us. She told me she just had this overwhelming desire NOT to pack any more. She'd had
enough and thought since I lived close by, I'd be willing to take the things off her hands.
God is so good!
Copyright © 2007 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
have trouble making ends meet from payday to payday. Being paid once a month was tough on me. I had
learned to budget being paid either weekly or bi-weekly. Suddenly I was in a job that paid monthly. Phew.
I had been learning in church about how God was my Provider and the Source of all I needed. I thought this
was great news! I liked knowing Someone else out there was willing to take on the responsibility of helping me
raise my child.
So one day I noticed we only had a bottle of catsup and a loaf of bread. No canned goods, no meat, no eggs,
no milk - nada. I don't remember now how things got so low since I usually had good old ramen noodles - but I
didn't even have those.
So, I went to God in prayer. I reminded Him that He promised to meet all my needs and I knew He wasn't broke.
I laid it on the line - nothing holy - a simple, "We need food, God!" I didn't tell a soul we were out of food.
Either God was able to provide miraculously - or He wasn't.
Now Josh, who was 4 or 5 at the time, thought catsup sandwiches were the best thing he'd ever heard of. He
didn't know we were out of food and broke. He just thought he was getting to eat a treat. He's like that today,
a little whacky about special sandwiches he creates.
I made it a practice of not letting him know how things really were - I simply told him God would always take
care of us. I didn't pour my adult issues out onto his child shoulders. He was a kid and as far as he was
concerned, all was well in our lives.
Now I did tell him I was asking God for some more food, but he still didn't realize how little we had. He didn't
know bread and catsup were it! As far as he was concerned, we were just asking God for something in prayer.
We'd done that before, so it was no biggie to him.
Later that afternoon, the phone rang. It was my friend Ginny, who was in the process of moving from one
house to another one on the other side of town. She said, "Do you want some groceries? I'm tired of packing
and I just don't want to move the contents of my freezer. Can you use it? I don't know what all's in it but it's
yours."
I was calm and said, "Sure, that would be great."
Then I hung up and told Josh, then we did a happy Snoopy dance - jumping and dancing all over the house.
We thanked God for His provision.
When Ginny came over, she brought 3 large trash bags (13 gallon size) of food from her freezer (meat, frozen
vegies and fruits, breads, etc.), canned goods and some fresh vegies, and a gallon of milk she didn't want to
take with her. There was enough food for way beyond a week. There was enough food for months!
After she got to the house, THEN I told her that we were down to catsup sandwiches. Needless to say, she
celebrated with us. She told me she just had this overwhelming desire NOT to pack any more. She'd had
enough and thought since I lived close by, I'd be willing to take the things off her hands.
God is so good!
Copyright © 2007 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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