Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
It's the year end festive season, & 3 out of 4 birthdays in our family fall in December.
- Mine, Natalie's (my daugther), & my husband's.
And, this year we've decided to go back to Indonesia to spend the Christmas/New Year period with both sides of the family back in Indonesia.
So, buying tickets for the 4 of us, for 2 trips (December & May: to Bali for my brother's wedding) basically left us "dry" (almost), plus planning for all the Christmas gifts/presents to buy for nephews & relatives, & paying for our year end insurance premiums will decidedly "complete" that ^^
My husband already told me at the beginning of the month, he'll need my help in covering all expenses for this month. (We try to live within his income alone, while I save up my ETSY income for a planned trip to Japan nx year end).
I said OK, & in my heart thought: "Oh no... there goes my Japan fund" :P
Then, my husband's company's annual D&D came along. He was reluctant to attend, & I'd preferred him to stay at home too. But anyways, he went & I brought the kids to the airport for a "field trip" :D
Now, the company's D& D always have a company sponsored giveaways in the form of lucky draws. When he initially told me the value of the 1st prize, I prayed that he'll get it. That amount will comfortably tide us over this December I thought.
To cut the long story short, he WON it! Not the 1st prize, but the 2nd :)
It was a significant amount, & I was really in awe... of how gracious God really is to us!
Perhaps, it's God's way of telling us that he understands, that he knows our needs, & that whatever we gave out, we'll never be short-changed if we gave unto him, & we can NEVER out give GOD!
That night, our hearts were so full of thanksgiving to God for his provision, grace & mercy. We also prayed for wisdom so that we'll spend this amount wisely for our various needs instead of squandering them away.
These vouchers has served us well in buying groceries, all the Christmas gifts we need to get, & getting more essential items for the kids & myself... with some left.
With this, I want to testify, God's goodness & reality in our lives.
Psalm 84:11
For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.
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