Praying for Cash!

Prayer pretty much always works. Of course, we aren't talking about praying for frivolous items, but for our necessities, and this is actually just calling on God to keep His promises. He says that He will provide for us, and so when this last month, our renters didn't pay their rent (which we had planned to use for our house payment), I began to worry. I try not to let myself get too stressed out. But, the house payment is our biggest bill each month and it's not a bill that can be covered by a few days of trash picking (usually).
We sell items online on consignment, and right now we are down to a lot of small items. These are good for day to day needs, a few dollars here, a few dollars there, but nothing in our current inventory looked valuable enough to bring in the $800+ that we needed. We were really relying on that rent to come in.
We worked every spare moment, organizing and listing, visiting our favorite trash spots, hoping to find some big item that would sell for a miracle price. We sent an eviction notice to the tenants, hoping that it would remind them to pay their rent (I don't enjoy the idea of having to evict anyone). And, most importantly, we began to pray that God would somehow provide the funds we needed to cover the first of the month bills. My experience has been that He always provides, but quite often it is at the very last minute, sometimes even after the shut off notice has come!
Then, we got an email from an online buyer who said, "I love this item that I bought from you (for $10). Do you have more? I'd like to buy them all." We had a two whole boxes full, 108 in all. We offered a significant discount on the lot, and the buyer paid immediately. Praise God!
To be honest, I am a do it myself, rely on my own intelligence and ingenuity, and when all else fails, ask God for help. But, admittedly, He has provided for us in ways unimaginable. So, while I may continue to post and boast about all of my money saving genius ideas, I do know where it all really comes from - so here's to giving credit where credit is due.
And, here's to praying that the rent still comes, soon.

Corinne Johnson is a stay at home mother to six, help meet to her husband Don, a homeschooling mom and author of Vacation Education Books. Weareunemployed.blogspot.com is a mission to encourage others that a family can live and work at home together, and survive financially without anyone having to be separated from the unit for hours or days at a time.
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