About a month or so ago now I was on my way to physical therapy. As I usually do, because these appoinments are early morning ones, I stop at McDonalds for a cup of coffee and a breakfast bagel. As I pull up to the window to pay, the lady says, "your order was paid for by the car in front of you".

I always hear of people this has happened to, but it NEVER happens to me. I was so suprised that it took me a few seconds to get myself together. Now, let me back up some ...

I am a worrier, I panic, I think of all the worse things that can happen, I have every illness there is and I can be a hypochondriac. I know, this suprises most of you! (not everyone!) God will meet a need and then I will still worry the next time something comes up.

As most know at this point, I am getting married. So I put my house on the market and had a plan for how much I wanted to walk away with. It would be enough to pay off my car so that I wouldn't bring that debt into the marriage and still bring a good number of savings into it as well. While I was waiting for my house to sell, wedding costs were adding up as well. I finally found a couple to buy the house and we agreed on a number. However, when the appraisal came in EVERTHNG changed. I went from walking away with 10 grand to owing 12 grand if I wanted to sell. I didn't have the ability to do that and pay for a wedding and so I began to worry about what to do. I was reminded that I have NO control over any of this and I needed to sit back, trust God and watch Him work.

A friend of mine began to pray that God would meet my needs and to provide for Russ and I in unique ways; ways that would point to only Jesus and cause us to acknowledge that only God could have done this. He has. Long story short, I am selling my house for only a loss of about 2500. Today I found out I am being paid to develop my online courses. The amount will allow me to pay off my car and some other things as well, and leave me with a small surplus after the wedding. On top of that, I still have a few more things coming in that will help.

Back to the lady at McDonalds who paid my bill ... its as if God was telling me beforehand, that no matter what happens, He's got my back. I had no idea of all that would transpire with the sale of my house, quitting my job, getting married and how the Lord would meet our needs of the wedding and afterwards. He did (and He will). After this happened, a friend of mine reminded me of the McDonalds episode and that it was like God was telling me ahead of time that He will take care of everything. It might not, and hasn't looked like WHAT I HAD PLANNED or how I THOUGHT IT SHOULD. But God has meet my NEEDS and blessed me over and above those needs. I don't deserve it.

God is faithful, He can be trusted.