Far More Abundantly

We constantly ask God to provide for and bless our family, and it has been amazing to see God work. However, most of the time when we pray for provision, I expect it to come in the way of my husband's paycheck (or my measly paycheck for working a few hours a week from home). Rarely do I pray for miraculous amounts of money to just be sent my way to cover specific things. I'm wondering if I should start doing this, because the one time I did, God answered in an incredible way.  All that to say, God has truly blessed and provided for us these past two weeks more than we could ask or think. It's just too good not to share.

I have three student loans from college. A little over a week ago, I received a call from a loved one randomly asking how much I had left on my smallest one. I gave this person the figure and was told it would be covered. A few days later, there was a check in the mail. God provided.

Several years ago, I discovered reborn dolls (incredibly realistic dolls) and was instantly intrigued by the art. Last week I got the crazy idea in my head that I would like to have two of these dolls waiting at the hospital for our girls when they come to visit their new sibling and myself and the hospital. After seeing prices of $500 - $1,000 and even looking into making them myself, I was about to give up on the idea but posted something about the desire on Facebook. Within a half hour, a friend of a friend (whom I never knew about before that day, but happened to see my status and happens to be a reborn artist) sent me a message asking what I was looking for. I told her my ridiculous idea and the price range I had had in my mind before really looking into the dolls. An hour after hearing this woman's name for the first time, she wrote me to let me know that God laid it on her heart to do something special for my girls and would do two dolls for the amount I had mentioned. God blessed.

I would have never have thought to bring these costs to the Lord in prayer, especially not baby dolls for my children. But we serve an amazing God who loves us and wants to give us good gifts.

"If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" - Matthew 7:11

"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen." - Ephesians 3:20-21