Good gifts

A story. A blessing. And a reminder.

Do you believe in feathers, dimes, birds, etc as a heads up from heaven?

I do.

Seeing dimes reminds me of how much I needed my dad. They show up at “coincidental” times. Today I sat down to do the budget and the checkbook and at first look it was not as expected. A withdrawal had been made that I had forgotten was due and wiped it out. I had the wind knocked right out of my sails. I sank in despair to God without words.

And then I gathered my breath and commensed to figure ways around it. And the ways came. But it left me with little for the next week. But thank you Jesus.

That task completed and the next began of sorting through old files. Du was enlisted to go sort through his stuff as well. As I sat on the bedroom floor with stacks of old files he says “lookit here!” and produces out of his stuff a hundred dollar bill! It was tucked inside the keepsake obituary of my dad. Neither of us recalled putting it there, let alone when it happened as dad has gone for 26 years. But there it was.

I stood up, amazed at this unexpected windfall, and about to pick up a stack to papers to recycle and there lay a dime. Right there on the floor I had just cleaned.

God is so crazy cool! Thank you Jesus!

The care from my Father in heaven never fails to warm my heart. I believe God will use what He will. And this is what a dad would do.

Matthew 7: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

~Denise Dahlheimer