The Bagel Bites

Awhile ago I wrote about how the Lord woo's us and shows us how much He loves us through the most simple things if we take the time to see it. Yesterday something happened to me that would seem so small to anyone else but meant so much to me. I have to give you some background information first to understand why what happened to me was so small yet reminded me that God was looking after me. Ty and I have been in a "growth oppurtunity," as one of my favorite authors and sister's in the Lord, Lysa TerKeurst, calls it, with a certain person from his past about money for the last year and a half. This person finally got what they wanted which is going to cut a pretty hole in our budget, at least until Parke gets here in February. This has been weighing on my mind but have tried not to let it worry me. Ty and I are going to close on our house later today which will then also cut a pretty hole in our budget compared to what we've been paying. I was thinking about this today as I was also weighing the difference in money with me on maternity leave starting in a few months. It started getting to me and quite frankly is now as I write about it. I soon found myself in a ball of anxious nerves and frustration and worry about the future. I had to call out to the only One who has full control over all of this. I know He will provide for us no matter what happens. He will provide exactly what we need. He always has! I found myself in my car calling out to the Lord and having to surrender everything to Him, including our finances.
Now to what God did for me yesterday. I went into Kroger to get food for our potluck at work and decided to go to the frozen food aisle. I found some bagel bites and remembered all the good times of eating them at slumber parties in high school and thought they might be a wonderful addition to a potluck. I then noticed there was no yellow kroger sticker saying these items were on sale and my heart sank as I saw the price tag. It would end up being almost 20 dollars to buy as much as I needed for the potluck which is alright but not really what I wanted to spend on bagel bites after all the anxiety from earlier. I decided to go on and get them and once I got to the check out and scanned them in I saw they were on sale!! I ended up spending on three packages what it would have been on two! I know that's so small but it made me smile. It reminded me how God cares about the smallest details in our lives like saving a few bucks. It was like God was reassuring me saying "see Mary, I'm watching out for you and going to financially provide what you need." SO AMAZING!! What an amazing God we serve!!