Got it!

This morning as I started my devotional study, I began flipping through my Bible only to have 2 pens fall out.  Then my journal had a pen in it as did my book of eucharisteo.  Pens were everywhere.

When all these pens just started showing up I thought back to my childhood and my grandma.  Grandma Hazel always had tissues tucked everywhere, under cushions, beside cushions, in pockets, in her places that no one should pull tissues from in front of people (I blush).  She always had a tissue if she needed it or if someone else might need one. They would just fall from places.

Grandma and I had that in common. We were also prepared if that one thing in our life was needed.  You never know when you might have a runny nose or want to jot a note. 

(This is going to be a little strange how all of this ties together but go with me here.  When that Holy Spirit puts things on your heart, just know that it's for a reason.)

In Genesis 22, God told Abraham to take his only son, Isaac and offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain.  God was testing Abraham's faith. Abraham, in his obedience, took his son up the mountain and prepared to offer his son up to the Lord.  As a burnt offering, he was going to burn his only son for God. What obedience!

On the way up to the place where the sacrafice was to be made, Isaac asked his dad where the sheep was for sacrifice. Abraham said that the Lord always provides.  Genesis 2:8, "God will provide a sheep for the burnt offering, my son,..." All the while, Abraham knew that he was walking with the sacraficial sheep.

You probably know the end of the story but I will tell it again. It's such a beautiful story of God's provision when His people are obedient and have faith.

As Abraham tied Isaac to the altar, God called out and stopped him.  He provided a ram with his horns stuck in a thicket for the sacrafice.  Amazing!  (A tear-jerker, where's Grandma with her tissue)

I like to have have a pen when I need it, Grandma always wanted a tissue when she needed it. We like to know that we will have what we need.  Even if it's just a pen or tissue.

Abraham had a ram when he needed it. Don't you know he was so grateful that the little ram was just tucked right there for him.  I am sure Isaac was when he found out HE WAS the sacraficial sheep.  He had to be a little concerned when ol' dad started tying him up.  Could you even imagine?!?

I feel a little crazy for pens, tissues and sacraficial rams being tied together but the Holy Spirit used the pens to remind me that God is a provider.  I'm not saying God placed the pens or the tissues, yes HE could have.  BUT My point is...the Holy Spirit provides reminders of God's great provision when He thinks we need them.  The pens reminded me that He is Jehovah Jireh, the God that provides.

While we are usually complacent and take simple things for granted, we need to remember that God provided EVERYTHING we have and He will provide EVERYTHING we need.  The best part is...all we have to do is have faith that He will and be obedient.  And guess what...the things we need will just fall out from places we never expected or are tucked where we just happen to need them to be tucked.

While I am going through a major storm in my life, knowing that Jehovah Jireh has me in His hand makes everything okay.  He PROVIDES the peace in knowing that everything is working to His good.  When He hears me thinking about where I will get the next thing I need or  praying for what I need, he uses pens and memories of Grandma.  That, in itself, is provision when I so needed it.

Praise God for always providing!  Jehovah Jireh

If there is something you need, peace, comfort, financial help, food...whatever it is, have faith that God knows and will provide exactly what you need-when you need it.  Ask in faith, trust and wait.  That sounds so hard to some but knowing how AWESOME God is can make things much easier.