One Week Ago

 It was a week ago last Wednesday. Just an average ordinary day in every way. A day spent in prayer and study for our midweek service. I did a deep dive into part of the fourth chapter of Ephesians, as we make our way through that epistle on Wednesday nights. 

I left the office later that afternoon to get a workout out done before the service. I love Wednesdays for another reason. It is the day I get to reunite with Brenda. My schedule now is I stay in Weatherford Sunday night during the week before I go home with Brenda on Wednesday nights. We are making it work. Only last Wednesday night she did not make it. Taylor had last Thursday and Friday off so he drove me home.

Before that I taught a handful in person and several watching online. Just an ordinary night. It ended up in extraordinary fashion. Once the teaching ended and we spent time in prayer, I wanted to get on the road to get home to Brenda. I talked to several people and just as I gathered my stuff to walk out the doors before they locked up, a man handed me an envelope with my name and Brenda's handwritten on it. I put it in my back pocket after saying goodbye to everyone. Taylor and I loaded his truck and we headed for Runaway Bay, TX about an hour drive from the church parking lot. 

I forgot all about that envelope until I arrived back home and hugged Brenda. I handed the still sealed envelope to her. At first, she stood there in stunned silence. She looked up at me with tears in her eyes and then looked back to the contents of the envelope. It seemed like she reacted more strongly after the second look. I think on the second look she really discovered the contents of the envelope. A check for $2,000!

When she told me I recounted how I had been praying for a specific dollar amount. $2,700 to be exact for several weeks. We owed that much on Tanner's last semester at college. He could not enroll unless we scrounged it together. We scraped all we had to pay his bill. It disheartened us because that was all and more than we had put back. I asked God to restore it. That $2,000 gift was a significant answer to prayer for which Brenda and I praise and glorify God. 

I don't know how many times God does something miraculous like this for us. One week ago looked like a very ordinary day. God once again moved in an extraordinary way. To Him be glory now and forever.