Day 60
Preface to today’s entry: I wasn’t going to write the following story. I didn’t want my readers to pity me or think this is a backdoor way of trying to get money. It’s not. But it is a way I see God working, so I’m going to share. Okay. Disclaimer aside. Read on.
It’s not unusual for people to have breakfast with the morning paper, but today, breakfast came with the morning paper.
As is my custom on Saturday morning, I threw on some clothes and shuffled outside to get the Journal-Sentinel. When I picked it up, I saw that the bag it came in was one big advertisement for General Mills’ “Whole-Grain” cereals. I got inside, flipped the bag over and found, to my great delight, three mini boxes of cereal.
I say to my great delight, because I’m a graduate student. I am not wealthy, to understate my financial condition. I live pretty much paycheck to paycheck and things can get a little tight. Or a lot tight.
So, even though I do have food in the fridge, I still laughed and gave thanks when I saw those Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. It was more than just cereal to me. It was the Lord nudging my heart, reminding me that he is my provider. Yes, I should work hard to earn money – that’s Biblical. But at the end of the day (or in this case, the beginning), it is my God who is the One who provides for me, sometimes in very unusual ways.
Like the time he sent breakfast with the morning paper.
Made for Eternity 