Simple prayer post this week. Next week I want to do an extended prayer blog my struggles with how God answers prayer in His time and His way, not ours. This week, its just about a story that I thought showed God's sense of humor and how He loves answering our prayers, especially when it allows us to serve others.
Ryan was young, just a baby, and Robert and I were living paycheck to paycheck. I had quit work to stay home, and had committed to taking lunch to a group at church serving people who were doing job training and life skills for perpetually unemployable people. They needed lunch for 20-25 people.
The week arrived and there was no money in the budget for the meal. Stressed, I prayed that night, "God, I don't want to have to call them..please just let me figure out how to get this meal to them!" I went to bed, thinking in the morning, I would call the ministry leader and bow out.
The next day I get a phone call from a friend. She says..."I have a 20 pound turkey in the freezer about to go bad, can you use a turkey?" I laughed, told her, yes...I COULD in fact use a turkey. Hanging up the phone, I said to God (out loud)..."OK, I get it!"
Sometimes God provides the ram, and sometimes He provides the turkey.
This week, I hope He speaks to YOU in unexpected ways.
