10 Cent Provision

You know, God provides in even the smallest of ways.   The other day as I was taking one of my packages of coins into the post office I was informed that there was a problem with it.  Since I am able to purchase stamps cheaper online, I pre-stamp all of my packages with stamps instead of paying at the post office for a $3.50 sticker.  Well, I had $3.75 on this one particular package, which was the needed amount, but I had put tape over top one of my 10-cent stamps because I had originally put it on an envelope but then removed it to put it on this package.  When I removed the stamp, all the stickiness was gone.  So to solve the problem, I had taped it on.  Well, come to find out, the post office won’t accept a taped-over stamp because they can’t cancel it with their stamp.   So I owed 10 cents on this package still.  Instead of hassling with me credit card (and later my budget) I went out to my car and (thankfully) I had a dime in there that I brought in to pay for the stamp.  

A couple days  passed and I was leaving work (yesterday) and, what do you know, I noticed a dime on the parking lot near my car!!!  I’m not that desperate for money, but I do see that as a beautiful small provision from God.   He told me that He would provide, and I take that as both in the larger things in life and  the smaller things.   A dime may not seem more like luck rather than a provision, but I will take it as a provision because it brought me joy, and the Bible says that all good things come from God (James 1:17).