Lovely, Rhonda, "Thank you Lord!"


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Carol



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From: "Rhonda" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 3:12 AM
Subject: A Father's Provision


> Christmas everyone shopping, happy music everywhere, and even snow! and
> Ben was getting better! yet I felt sad.  I know it isn't the meaning of
> Christmas,we overdo  and  the gift thing, but... still I wanted to get
> something for Jenna and Christa.  I thought of asking my parents for
> help.  But I remembered how it was growing up, they either refused my
> requests, saying they didn't have the money, or worse yet made me feel
> awful for asking.
> I thought about these things, and of how I tend to see God as a father
> who could but often doesn't help.  I was almost as afraid of asking Him
> as I had been my parents.
> The truth is however, that God is not like my parents He knows what I
> have need of even before I ask Him, and He wants me to tell  Him of my
> needs and feelings.  Realizing that God loves me all over again about a
> week ago I told God of my feelings, of my gratitude that Ben was getting
> better, of my sadness of missing him, and of my desire to get a present
> for Jenna and Christa.
> And today, through a friend God answered, the card had a check and since
> it is extra money I can get something for Jenna and Christa.  So God
> didn't think my wishes were foolish,He didn't say no, or make me feel
> badly for asking, he used one of His own to show me that he is a Father
> who provides for His children, more than what they need, but what they
> wish for.
> So today I know the real meaning of Christmas, It's not trees covered in
> lights,
> not the ground covered in a blanket of white snow, but it is love, that
> was first given so very long ago, and love that is still given today,
> I couldn't see it if a bright star were shining in the sky, but I can
> feel the warmth of God's love sent in a Christmas card from across the
> country.
>
> I just wanted to share with you all, of our Father's provision and of
> His Love, the greatest gift of all!!!!!!
>
> Rhonda
>