Was it Manna from Above or Red Oak? Hmmmm.

Have you ever been in a situation or a place in life where you just did not know how you were going to survive or get through it? Kind of like the people in Exodus 16. Do you remember the Old Testament story of the people of Israel going hungry in the desert? You know the one where a million + people are walking around after been freed in the middle of desert looking for something to eat. Sounded and looked like an impossible situation, you know the story. Where was Moses going to find enough food to feed 100 people, much less over a million? God has always looked out and looked to bless His people! God looked down from His throne and did the unexpected and unimaginable. Verse 4 says “God rained down bread (manna) from the heavens” The people ate for days and were filled. Keep this in mind…

I was visiting my sister in Mississippi over my vacation/Christmas break/conference/moving furniture escapade/trip. For those that don’t know my sister and her husband have been trying desperately to finish a house that he had started before they got married. The idea behind the house was to finish it and sell it. With the gas prices going out the roof, building supply prices have sky rocketed. So to say the least they ran out of money from their original plan. They are soooooo close to finishing it (by the way a beautiful house) but were struggling trying to figure out where to get the money to finish the kitchen cabinets. Keep this in mind…

My sister and Jarred came home a few nights ago and the electricity was out at their house. Now the odd thing about this was it was on at both neighbors. They had paid their electric bill so what was the problem? Jarred calls the electric company to inquire. They told him to go out to the pole and listen for a humming sound at the transformer. He grabbed a flashlight, went to the road but didn’t hear anything. The guy told him to look up at the transformer for a fuse. He said sometimes a bird or a squirrel would bump or break the fuse. Nothing seemed to be wrong. Look around the bottom of the pole for a dead bird or squirrel the guy told him. As Jarred looked around he found the problem. Early that afternoon a log truck came through, lost a log that went end over end, bounced up and hit the electric pole and knocked out the electricity. So laying at the foot of the pole in the weeds was a 12-14 foot long, 18 inch round RED OAK log with no markings. Oh I forgot to mention that Jarred’s dad owns a portable saw mill and can cut the wood into usable, cabinet ready, house finishing lumber.

God seeks to bless us in situations that we see no solution. Whether it is manna or Red Oak it all comes raining down from above. WOW, how good is our God?

At the end of the day God is still God, and He is good!