Financial Help Given

We are a family of 4. Since I can remember, majority of the times we have had financial troubles, and the other times we have just been able to make it. In every distress, the Almighty has helped us in His time, according to His will. 

But this time, He gave us more than we asked and more than we deserved.

I am a 29 year old women, educated and capable of finding a job. But, I left me job in May 2021 and haven't been able to land a job yet and my parents are also retired. My elder sister is working in Nepal and helps out as much as she can. 

But this time, we feel short and had an unexpected, huge expense. Me not having a job, I couldn't get a loan. So we had to ask my cousin to take a loan, but she was reluctant as they would come for verification to her work, understandably. Again, we were in a fix. We asked all the people we could and thought of while continuously praying and crying in front of the Lord, pleading Him to save us yet again.

We knew that He would help us and not leave us stranded, but what we lacked was patience and being still in His faith and promise.

On 10th September, also my birthday, I was expecting for a miracle to happen. I thought, because it was my "special" day, the Lord may choose it to show His favor by giving us financial help.

But, a miracle happened, though not what I was expecting, I got a reply that I had been selected for the next round for a job I had applied for. I was shook with joy but was still waiting on the Lord to answer our pressing prayer.

When people couldn't help us, we instead asked them to pray for us. I published this prayer on the DAB (https://dailyaudiobible.com/ - highly recommended) prayer wall as well. When my dad was speaking to one of his friends in the evening, he said, "Don't worry. The miracle has already happened". Another acquaintance, who is guiding my dad in his spiritual growth, also said the same thing. 

The day was over, my "special" day had come and gone, and we still didn't get the financial help we were looking for.While scrolling through Instagram and wondering why our prayer is not being answered yet, I saw so many bible verses that said Lord's delay is not a rejection, Lord provides for us, trust in the Lord, be still in the Lord, pray to the Lord without ceasing. In hindsight, it was the Holy Spirit giving me hope, direction and patience in the Lord.

Comes morning of 11th September, and we reached out to our last resort from whom we thought it would be a sure NO. When writing to him, my mom prayed that the Lord change his mind that he would help us.

11:00 am my mom sent the email and 12:08 pm we got the response that he would help us. We cried and praised the Lord, we thanked Him for His mercies, for His kindness, for His promises, and for His love. We shared the news with those whom we had asked to pray for us.

What further happened took us by surprise, we got more help than we asked. We could take care of ourselves in the coming months as well.

Thank you Lord Jesus, Yahweh and the Holy Spirit for guiding us, sustaining us, filling us with faith, directing our actions and hearing our prayers.

Praise the Lord because He is good! Amen! Pray without ceasing, and He will guide, protect and restore you.