You can’t always get what you want…. but if you try sometimes, you just might find…. you get what you need…. oh yeah…

Over and over and over again, this is my experience – I always get what I need, and it’s always right on time. Don’t get me wrong, I would certainly be thrilled if things came early, and easily, and with a little (or, as long as we’re being honest, a LOT) left over! But the bottom line is, my needs are met. Every time. And it is fun to watch God “showing off”.

A few years ago we decided to really buckle down on the fiscal responsibility – we made a good living but money was going out as fast as it came in. When we made the decision, we were already scheduled to make a trip to Texas to see our daughter. Of necessity there was going to be a hotel bill and rental car on the credit card, but we decided to go ahead and make the rest of the trip on a “cash basis” instead of having one last blowout and ‘starting when we got back’ (you know THAT old behavior! “I’ll start tomorrow!!”)

We successfully stayed on track and within our cash means and arrived home with $615 in charges on the card, about what we expected. When we picked up our mail we had a letter from PSNC (the local gas company) which started out by explaining that they had installed a new meter at our house and in the process discovered that ours wasn’t working properly. Soooo…. they were refunding our overpayments from March 2004 to June 2007, and “please accept our sincere apology, and this check for….. $608”!!!!

What can you say to that except “hey honey, come look! God is showing off again!” It always comes, it always comes on time, there is NEVER extra, but always enough. The longer I experience this, the more that whole “manna from heaven” deal makes sense to me…. daily needs, met daily. Faith that they will be met. And for those of us who are a little young for Doris Day (see my earlier post) we have Mick Jagger to sing along with 🙂

You can’t always get what you waaaaaant…..but if you try sometimes, you just might find…. you get what you neeeeeed….