Facing
weeks
without
a
paycheck
and only
three
hundred
dollars
in my
savings
account,
I found
myself
less
than a
month
away
from
retirement.
The
pension
papers I
was
filling
out
continued
to
remind
me that
my first
paycheck
wouldn't
come for
two
months.
"Ouch!"
How far
could I
stretch
three
hundred
dollars?
There
are
bills
around
every
corner.
At work
the
following
week, I
learned
that a
coworker
who had
financial
problems
was in
the
hospital.
I wrote
a check
for a
hundred
dollars
and sent
it to
her.
" O well!"
I would
see what
the Lord
would do
with the
two
hundred
dollars
that I
had
left.
On
Sunday
our
church
bulletin
reminded
us of
the end
of the
year
missionaries'
gift. My
first
thought
was,
Lord, I
have no
money!
Then I
felt the
familiar
tug from
the Lord
to give
the
remaining
two-hundred
dollars.
In my
mind I
said to
myself,
"God
I know
you will
take
care of
me."
Yes
indeed,
my
precious
Lord
abundantly
provided
for me.
Four
days
later,
our
technical
department
gave me
a
twenty-five
dollar
gift
certificate
to
Safeway.
That was
great! I
could
really
use
that!
The
following
day, I
received
a
twenty-dollar
gift
certificate
to a
local
restaurant
and a
prayer
partner
gave me
a
fifty-dollar
gift
certificate
to Fred
Meyer.
Monday
brought
more
blessings.
In two
cards I
received
two
hundred
dollars
in cash.
Retirement
was
looking
good!
Wednesday
at the
post
office,
I
received
two more
cards.
One was
a
Christmas
card
containing
wonderful letter and a gift certificate
for two
hundred
dollars to Fred Meyers.
The
other
one was
a
retirement
card
from my
twin
brother
and
enclosed
was
three
hundred
dollars.
As I
walked
back to
my car I
was
crying
and
praising
God all
at the
same
time.
How
exciting
and how
humbling
to have
the
Creator
of the
Universe
taking
note of
me by
giving
back a
flood of
blessings
after I
had
blessed
others.
The
following
day at
lunch I
received
two more
gift
certificates.
One was
a
fifty-dollar
certificate
to J.C.
Penneys.
Within
eleven
days I
had
received
eight
hundred
eighty
dollars.
Two
weeks
after my
last day
of work,
loved
ones at
the
church
gave me
a small
party
with a
money
tree
that
held one
hundred
fifty
dollars
and a
relative
paid
back a
sixty-dollar
loan.
This
money
would
pay my
bills
until my
pension
and
social
security
began to
arrive.
The
dispersal
of my
first
pension
check
was
supposed
to take
ninety
days.
But
forty-five
days
after I
turned
my
paperwork
in, I
received
my first
check.
In
addition
to this,
social
security
sent me
a letter
saying
they had
made a
mistake
and I
would
receive
twenty
dollars
a month
more
that
they had
originally
calculated.
It is
exciting
to see
the hand
of God
at
work!
God
keeps
His
promises
when we
walk in
obedience.
Sometimes
the
transitions
in life
seem
impossible
but when
we trust
the Lord
all
things
are
possible.
Many
people
have
heard my
testimony
but with
gladness
I shall
share it
again
with all
who will
listen.
Truly
our Lord
is our
provider
(Jehovah
Jireh)
and
keeps
His
promises!
Linda
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