This story is a chapter from my new book that will be available soon.
The year was 1976, and at the last minute, our youngest adult daughter decided to become a student of the Bible Training Center along with us.
I went with her to the dean, and he quickly made a decision to allow her to enroll.
To provide for the costs of the school, she needed a job, and she soon found one, evenings as a waitress at the Steak and Ale restaurant.
Nothing else was said, and we all enjoyed our meal.
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The year was 1976, and at the last minute, our youngest adult daughter decided to become a student of the Bible Training Center along with us.
I went with her to the dean, and he quickly made a decision to allow her to enroll.
To provide for the costs of the school, she needed a job, and she soon found one, evenings as a waitress at the Steak and Ale restaurant.
She confided to me, that in
her evening shift, there were often customers who were quite inebriated,
enjoying their ale without even laying a fork on their steak dinner.
One night she brought home a large steak that
had not been touched, and she suggested that our dogs might enjoy a nice
treat. I put it in the refrigerator.
The next day, one of the
young men from the school came home with us to help with some yard work in
exchange for lunch.
I prepared some green beans,
fresh sliced tomatoes, some steak cut in thin slices smothered in gravy and
onions, over some white rice, along with hot French bread.
When my daughter came in for
lunch she stared at the table, and with a horrified look on her face, she
exclaimed, “Mother, where did you get that meat?”
I looked at her, smiled and
softly replied, “The Lord sent it by a little bird!”
Nothing else was said, and we all enjoyed our meal.
By now you have guessed where
that meat came from! And as far as I was
concerned, the Lord had provided it.
There are occasions in life
where the Lord provides for our needs using methods that may seem strange to
us! No, He doesn’t always use ravens as
he did with Elijah, but there are other ways that are out of the ordinary.
Do not question the
extraordinary, or even the supernatural means God may use to provide for
you. Most generally, the provision comes
through working at a job - - and yes, God regularly supplies work; at times the
work comes at just the right moment!
What ever your need is in
life, if a raven brings it to you, go ahead, receive it with gratitude, and
thank the Lord.
1Kings 17:6 And
the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in
the evening; and he drank of the brook.
This post is linked with Ann
Kroeker’s Food on Fridays
Do visit her site and gather
up some delicious and nutritious recipes.
4 comments:
I like your perpective, Hazel. The Lord doth work in mysterious ways!
I love it. Beautiful story.
Ah yes! This sort of makes me want a job in a steak house!
Wonderful, I would love to read this book.
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