This is how I know there is a God!

Today, when I phoned the Motor Vehicle Registry to check on why I hadn't received the rego papers for my car yet, I realised that I was in trouble. My rent, in error, had not been taken out of my account as usual due to a stuff up at Centrelink with my payments. Consequently, I didn't have the full fortnight's rent to pay and I was relying very heavily on my pay coming in tomorrow to pay the rent, so you can imagine my face when they told me that my car could no longer be driven as of midnight tonight unless I pay the outstanding registration then and there.

Because I am highly reliant on the car to transport my children, I decided to make getting the car registered the priority and to pray for a miracle for the rent payment or food, as one of these would suffer for the fortnight due to my lack of funds.

I was sitting at the computer, just feeling a little overwhelmed for the first time since I've been on my own with my children. All year, I have known provision - abundant provision for all of our needs. It has caused me to feel very blessed, so it is no wonder that I just made a quick prayer request heavenward that God would help me. I remember saying to him, "I don't know how you are going to do this one, Lord, but I just trust that you will make a way for us where there isn't one."

Well, tonight I was sitting at the computer again contemplating my fate. Did I pay the rent or buy food for my children? I couldn't afford to do both. The thought of having to go beg food at the Salvation Army was really awful but I was prepared to do it if I had to. I kind of like to save my begging until I am in dire straits!

My mobile phone started beeping. Initially I ignored it, as I thought it was an old message from my husband. But it just kept beeping and then it rang like it had another new message. It was from a friend and her text message read, "I have been thinking of you everyday just really busy working. What do you need at the moment?"

When I read that, I kind of went, "What?"

Then she sent another message, "Do you have food and stuff?"

I text back that we were a little low on food, as I was no longer teaching and had some unexpected bills come in.

She went on to say that she had some extra cash she wanted to give me and wanted to help me out this week, next week and some more during the school holidays.

Well I was dumbfounded and I started bawl. Why? Because God is real. This was not a prompted conversation. There was no way she could know that was my prayer today and for her to raise the subject with me straight away let me know that this was God.

I asked her if she felt prompted to contact me about this and she said, "Yes, stronger every day."

That told me that she knew about my need, even before I had prayed about it.

I can only say that whether you are a believer or not, you cannot take away from me what I have experienced today because only God and my husband knew this was my need today.

God is good. She said it was Him who told her to contact me and as he was the only person I asked for help, I have to believe that he answered my prayer.

To God be all the glory. Great things He has done.