He Will Supply...Indeed...

     It's been a little over a month since I arrived and every stroll around the campus tends to amaze me in some sense.  It's not only the beauty I'm surrounded by here at Nashotah, but how my life has so dramatically changed in twelve months.  A year ago would have found me in North Carolina, teaching first grade and quite content to remain there for several more years.  Now my life finds me on a whole new path, with a new vision and purpose, and basking in this new adventure God has permitted me to take.  If I could have seen my life now when I was 25, I would have thought it impossible.
     Another thing I continually think of as impossible is how one does actually pay for a seminary education these days.  I remember calling Carol Klukas last summer and asking if perhaps waiting a year wouldn't be the wiser thing to do.  I still remember her telling me to come and see what God does.  "It never ceases to amaze me how God provides."  Today was one of those times.
     I've been waiting for an expected package to arrive and with my refectory duties had no time for a  quick visit to the mailroom.  Meredith said she'd stop and get my mail and bring it to Greek class this afternoon.  By the time I arrived, class had started but I saw that an envelop with my name on it was near my computer.  It wasn't what I was expecting and didn't even have any postage or return address on the front.  "It's probably a reminder or note about something," I thought as I opened it.  Inside was a note sharing with me that my school account had been credited...for $4000.00.  A gift from someone in Texas.  Let's just say my mind was not even close to thinking about Greek prepositions for the next 45 minutes.

     In the midst of the class my mind flashed to my morning walk and the prayer that I had read.  "Grant that I, Lord, may not be anxious about earthly things, but love things heavenly; and even now, while I am placed among things that are passing away, hold fast to those that shall endure..."  Anyone who knows me realizes how difficult it is to trust God...especially with money.  It's one thing I'd rather handle myself...and yet here I am learning to let God supply...more than I can ever ask or think.  Thank you kind stranger for letting God use you to teach me more about trust and the vast reaches God has for all of his children.