God Provides

“My mouth will tell of your righteous deeds, of your saving acts all day long— though I know not how to relate them all.”      Psalms 71:15 NIV

I want to take a moment and share something personal.  Although I don’t know the reasons that I got cancer I can say without a doubt that God has been with me every step of the way. At each moment He has provided. Let me tell you how.  As Elda and I prepared for my time of treatment one of the concerns was the time we would have to be in Houston, how would we do it, how could Elda miss that much work, she would run out of sick days and they would have to doc her pay. We were looking at six weeks in Houston. God movies in the most miraculous ways, I know that the Bible tells us that God can use all things for good, but did I ever really believe that included things that people would see as bad?  So, Elda comes to Houston and while we are there all the news can talk about is this virus, corona 19, the next thing you know all the rules are changing and in major ways, so big that if you had asked me just weeks before I would have said it was impossible.  To see every school in the country closed, businesses, stores and restaurants.  But it did happen, not only did this provide for Elda to be in Houston with me for six weeks without having to use a single sick day or lose any pay.  When we came back home to El Paso, she was able to be right there by my side.  I was weak and if Elda had returned to work upon our return, I would have been at home alone each day and it would have been difficult for me to care for myself.  Instead God made provision for Elda to be right there by my side each day as I have recovered and grown stronger.  God has taken a terrible disease and used it in my life for good and to bless me.  So, does God use all things for good? Yes! He does so in such a huge way that as the Psalmist says, “I know not how to relate them all.” But if I cannot tell them all I will proclaim all that I can to any that would listen Sometimes God’s blessings come to us in the most unseen ways, so much so that if we are not careful we would miss them.  Thank you, Lord, that you are such a great God that you can take even a pandemic and use it for good in the life of one of your children.