I just read a post from a friend of mine on Facebook. She lost $20 which she had put in her pocket and then it was simply gone. She was irritated at her foolishness for losing the money and things were financially tight at the moment. She retraced her steps. She hunted high and low. She searched hard for that lost money but she found nothing.
Later a still small voice spoke to her, "Remember. Remember the times you were in need and the right thing came along at the perfect time?" She saw that God had always provided for her in the past and He was not going to stop now. He had blessed her time and time again, but this one time something was lost instead of given. Did that mean God had now stopped blessing her? Of course not.
That money was not hers but God to use as He saw fit. Perhaps there was someone out there whose need was far greater than hers. That $20 was someone else's gain. Perhaps it was found on that day. Perhaps a month from now it will be found in the melting snow, but it will be found at just the right time, by just the right person, to fulfill their need and show them that God has a plan for their life, and He will prosper them. He gives to them more than $20 but also hope and a future.
"...The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD." Job 1:21b
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