From 2015 notes from Titus 2
“I had something in mind that I wanted to get for a Titus student and her daughter. She had expressed a desire for this particular thing. And while it was not particularly expensive or an unreasonable request for one moving into a home, there is a limit to what I can spend out of my own pocket…..and so many other things right now are needed for her and other ladies. This was not a “necessity”, so I simply made a mental note to watch for a sale or ask around to see if this might be available through our volunteers or to ask some of my yard sale shopping friends to watch for one. But I had not mentioned it to anyone. Yesterday someone came to Titus with a car load of items a neighbor had cleaned out of her garage. And there it was. I don’t know why I ever doubt God’s willingness to provide even the smallest and seemingly insignificant things for his children. If it is something that will bring joy and make life a little easier for someone who is struggling, a simple prayer humbly offered is attended to with great care and promptness. That is one thing that touched me deeply this week. It makes my knees weak (even weaker than they already are!) to realize how personal and intimate and gracious God is. A similar thing happened a few years ago on Mothers’ Day weekend at Bethel Village when Two Men and A Truck delivered donations to that ministry. Something I had thought about and desired in my heart for the recovery residence, but never spoken of, arrived……I burst into tears at the sight of it and the gentlemen thought they had done something wrong. Why is this crazy woman crying? Because God is good, even beyond anything I can ever imagine. And God loves us.”
These two events reveal how attentive and good God is to us in our ministry to women. The first event was a desire for a small kitchen play set for a toddler. The second event described was for a sturdy rocking chair. Both desires were met far beyond what I could ever have imagined! Such evidences of God’s provision happen so often I can hardly describe all the occasions that things desired but not even yet spoken suddenly have made available- kitchen cabinets, kitchen needs, clothing, bookcases, a laptop computer, coats, shoes just the right size, so many needs met then and now….
Several things have touched my heart this week…really sweet things…..really kind things…..really generous things. Such times as this make me realize that no matter how difficult and harried life may seem, God has angels stationed and blessings awaiting all around us….One is never alone. He is truly the God Who Hears Me and the One Who is.
Do Not Worry Matthew 6:25-27
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? ”
Trust the Lord and look to him for your needs. Be engaged in life with God’s people. We are here to love and serve one another in God’s name.
God is good and his people are generous….