Just when we needed it most

Have you ever found unexpected riches? Oh, it doesn't have to be much, just any amount. I remember, several years ago, reaching into an old jacket's pocket and finding a twenty dollar bill. Apparently I had worn the jacket while awaiting the start of a ball game, in which I was participating, and put the money in the pocket. And, forgot about it.

Fast forward a couple of years later, and I have the jacket, reach into the pocket and pull out money. And, it couldn't have come at a better time. I can't remember what was going on at the time but I do know that that $20 meant a lot to us at that particular moment. It's usually good to find unexpected treasure. Usually...

Genesis 43:23, NIV, reads, "It's all right," he said, "Don't be afraid. Your GOD, the GOD of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks..."

Jacob's sons had gone into Egypt to buy grain/food. A great famine was continuing upon them and they had no provisions but there was food in Egypt. The sons had gone to purchase the food but they were stopped after their departure and their money was found in their sacks, as if they had "stolen" the grain. A case of found treasure, found riches, not being a good thing.Of course, Joseph had set it up to test his brothers, to see if they had changed, to see if he could get them to bring the rest of the family, which, eventually, happened. You really need to read the story in the book of Genesis, if you haven't.

Anyway, our loving Father, sometimes, will give us unexpected riches, invaluable treasures, at the most opportune times. I don't know why He loves me the way He does but I am certainly glad and grateful that He does. GOD is always providing for His children. Just as He did for Jacob and his family by sending Joseph ahead to sustain the entire family. Just as He did in allowing me to find that $20 just when we needed it most,

Be Blessed,
Mickey T