For those who celebrate the Christmas season, January is often a financially challenging month. Once you receive your bills, you realize (yet again!) that you’ve overspent your budget.
I had barely begun planning our payments when our dryer started making this weird, piercing noise. It was signalling the end of its existence. I thought with great irony, “What perfect timing!” Almost simultaneously, the cell phones of my husband and my son accidentally broke. Didn’t they say bad luck comes in three’s?
Unexpected expenses come up, often at the most inappropriate time. Unfortunately for us, we don’t have a buffer for such. Swiping the plastic card seemed the easiest option – but again, more bills to pay! What else could I do? I remembered to pray…fervently, intensely. And I actually stopped writing at this point as I waited for God’s response.
No, I did not get a cash windfall. But, the noise from the dryer became more tolerable and would actually stop after a few minutes of use. We found old cell phones to replace the broken ones. Not exactly the answer I was hoping for, but there’s a lesson to be learned here. In a world of instant gratification, God is teaching us to live with what we have (and what we can afford).
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. (Philippians 4:11)
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