Little things

Does God care about the little things?
Last night, as we begun our bedtime prayer, little Aurora had a prayer request. I had given each of the four girls a little glow-in-the-dark bracelet. Aurora had "lost" hers. She wanted to pray that it would be found. The Glidewells have the kid power to completely re-position every item in the home on an hourly basis, and to find little bracelet at this hour would be impossible. No, a miracle. This is a "Little Thing". So more to appease her than in sincere concern I prayed that we would find her little bracelet.
And God humbled this Dad's heart just after the Amen, I begun to close the door to the bedroom - there was the missing bracelet! Wow! I realized how real God just became to "Little Aurora", and to her, it was a "Big Thing!"

More than enough!

So last Friday we had cereal for breakfast, and there was a half a box left over. Ang, always on top of things, whispered a prayer to God, noticing the depleted cupboard, and how we would need more soon.

Sunday after Church, a man approached us and asked us if we were the family from New Tribes Mission who experienced a blessing when a lady had walked up to us at the grocery store and handed us a $50 on the spot and ran off (Click Here for Story). Yeah, we were the family. I have no idea how he knew us, or the story, but he said he had another blessing for us: a van full of food.

Oh, Wow! He had so much food that we had to put a lot of it into another family's van to help us take it back to campus! Remember the cereal problem above? Picture several CASES of cereal! We filled our pantry full, and even had a box of beef pieces to put in the freezer! Wow! We took the rest (about half of what we received) to the "Food Room" where others can take and share food. I took a picture of our huge pantry that is so full, praise the Lord! I don't remember ever having this much food on our shelf except one other time of blessing when our church back home, Alton Bible, blessed our pantries with an enormous pile.

Thank You Lord, for your your loving provisions.

10KG bag of Flour

The Setting:
Our cash reserves had dwindled to a Looney or two, but we knew God would bless us soon. Sure enough, the next time we checked our mailbox, there were three checks waiting for us!

In class, we were split into teems and assigned to discuss team co-operation. Being hospitable people we invited our team over to our place to work out the assignment, and offered a scrambled egg and toast breakfast.
The Problem:
The afternoon before the breakfast meeting, with checks in hand, and great intentions, we left for the bank to cash the checks and buy needed groceries. To our shock and disappointment, the bank closed at 4pm. (This is still worthy of a whole other post: Open at 10, two hour lunch, half hour coffee break, close at 4, c'mon, does this job come with benefits?)
The Attitude:
We were mad.
Then we were surprised God had let us down.
Then we recovered somewhat, and found various leftovers in the fridge. Even though every Glidewell family member had a different meal on their plate, we all ate well. We eventually acknowledged God had blessed us, and were thankful for what we had to eat.
We had eggs, but still no toast for breakfast, we were out of flower!
The Miracle:
Then there was a knock at the door, and found a HUGE bag of flour on our doorstep! Not a new computer, not more eggs, not carolers, but a big bag of flour! So we made bread that night, and had toast for our friends in the morning! Praise God for His faithfulness, even when we are not faithful!

Today November 16th, 2006

This morning we opened a letter from friends who have been supporting us it contained a $50 check. We weren't surprised because they have been sending us a monthly check. We quickly made up a grocery list keeping the list short and just the basic necessities. Our first errand was the post office where we had to pay $15 duty on a package that had arrived. Next stop to Hanover Missionary Church, where we owed money for some Awana books. When we arrived, they said we didn't have to pay anything; they said don't worry about it! Next on to the grocery store. I was praising the Lord for this small blessing, yet I knew the remaining $35 doesn't go very far in the Canadian stores. When we parked our car we again went over our list and prioritized it trying to make the most of our $35.

This gets exciting! While we were trying to figure out what cheese brick was the best deal per kilogram, a lady came up to Ace and said "I want you to have this, please take this." She put some money in Ace’s hands and quickly walked away. Ace and I can't remember if we said Thank You because we were in such shock. I was choked up and all I could think "is she an Angel?" After regaining our composure we looked at what she placed in Ace’s hand and it was a $50 dollar bill. WOW! God is good! Ace says his faith meter is pegged!

A Very Blessed Glidewell Family!