Wednesday, July 1, 2009

God does the multiplying!

Author Dee Brestin tells the following story:
"When my husband and I were young, poor, and new in the faith, a missionary asked us to pray about helping to provide her way to Africa. We prayed about it and decided to give her fifty dollars--which seemed like a lot to us. However when my husband wrote the check, instead of fifty dollars, he wrote out more than twelve times that amount, erroneously writing out the balance in our checkbook! And then he mailed it, oblivious to his error.
Weeks later we received a letter from Afric in which the missionary told us she had wept when she received our check with the exact amount, to the penny, of what she needed. God had moved Steve's hand, though she thought He had moved his heart!
It was only when we read her letter that Steve realized his mistake. Amazingly, none of the checks we had written since then had bounced. And though our blance was tiny, God provided for us over the next few months. A small inheritance check. A gift from friends. Groceries that somehow seemed to stretch.
Is God still in the business of multiplying? Yes, He is! He has the creativity and the power to provide when we trust Him."


Pray as the Medical Mission Kenya team continues to trust God for all that we need for this trip which includes finances and possibly other items. Thursday evening will be spent sorting and packing. May the Lord give us His wisdom and foresight.

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