Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Coincidence?

Is it a coincidence that this morning at the museum a lady approached me in the parking lot asking for money and this afternoon Daddy Piper has work?

Back to the beginning...

This morning we pulled in the parking lot at the museum (the one we weren't going to until a last minute change this morning sent us here) and a lady came over on a bike and told me she and her son was down here helping her husband who had just been in a horrible car accident. She needed to buy her ticket to get back home. I have no idea if this was a story or the truth but I gave her money. I usually say no or try to turn my back when people approach me like this but today I felt led to give her money. She was overcome with emotion and very appreciative. I told her to pay it back to someone else someday. I almost instantly regretted giving her the money since this came from my grocery budget. I let the feeling go and we went about enjoying our morning. This has come back twice today in a good way. First when I got home, I opened my electric bill to find it had been lowered by $65 a month - a huge savings to us right now. Later in the day - Daddy Piper got the call for work tomorrow. I am just beyond convinced that these things weren't mere coincidences but rather the work of someone bigger than myself and I am so grateful!

1 comments:

16 blessings'mom said...

Happy late Birthday! You are still so young at 30. I am 43, and I still feel like a teenager, in my mind anyway. I cannot fathom that I am so old. It goes by soooo fast. When I turned 30, I was a few weeks from having my eighth child. So I have had 8 more since then!

I like it that you gave money to that woman. God sees your heart, whether her story was true or not, He will bless you when you give.

I also want to say that I love the pictures! You have such pretty children (don't tell your sons I said that) My kids love to run around in their undies too, and it is practical when it is hot out.