God is Right on Time - AGAIN!

This past weekend we visited my family in Alabama. I did not plan on going to church Sunday morning, but at the last minute decided to go because a couple in my dad’s Sunday school class wanted to give us a check for Mei. I know this was poor motivation for going, but the Lord quickly dealt with my motive and blessed me tremendously! Here’s what happened…


On my way to church I began reviewing my memory verses. The first verse I reviewed was Hosea 6:6, “I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings” (NLT). This hit me right between the eyes! You see…my dad’s Sunday school class was going to a nursing home after church. I had already thought that I would just go to church, get the check, and return home so I could have my Quiet Time for the day. But the Spirit of the Lord within me spoke clearly through His word and told me, “Tracey, as important as your QT is and as much as I want you to read my Word it is more important that you take this opportunity to live my Word. Go to the nursing home and show my love!” So, I asked the Lord to forgive me for my selfishness, decided to go to church, worship my faithful Lord, and then go to the nursing home to show His love.

After church we stopped in my dad’s Sunday school class before heading to the nursing home. I walked in and the lady who was going to do the devotional at the home asked me if I would do it for her. She had been stressing over it all week and was praying for the Lord to bring someone else to do it for her. I saw quickly that I was not here to just show His love, but to have the opportunity to speak it through His Word. How cool!!! Of course I said I would do it and I quickly turned to His Word to the verse that got me there – Hosea 6:6. When I got to the verse I noticed where I had underlined and written notes around 6:1-3, 6. After reading these verses I was quickly reminded how the Lord spoke to me in my QT reading of these just a couple of weeks ago. I shared these verses at the home and shared His love in word and in deed. It was truly an amazing morning.

Here is how this connects to Mei’s story: I got the check from the couple and sharing our gratitude to the class prompted another couple to give us an additional $100. We had our last home study visit this past Thursday and the only things left before she can finish her report are the FBI prints to come back and the letter from our bank saying we have $10,000. We are still waiting on the prints, but the money we brought back from Alabama this weekend put us over the $10,000 mark. We got the bank letter and put it in the mail today. The money did not just put us over the top – it was just enough!!! We have $10,017 in the bank right now! The extra $100 was just what we needed!

If I had not gone to church I would have missed out on so many blessings! The Lord leading me through His Word to go blessed me; the sermon blessed me; the opportunity to show His love blessed me; the chance to speak His faithfulness through His Word blessed me; having just what we need in the bank at just the right time blessed me; seeing the Lord walk faithfully and patiently with me blessed me. I could go on and on, but the end result is – my cup is overflowing! Once again the Lord has proved His faithfulness and has shown His ability to provide what we need at just the right time!

Thank you Lord for EVERYTHING!!!