God’s Provision in Unexpected Moments
Some days don’t feel “deep” while you’re living them. They feel inconvenient. Scattered. Off rhythm. Like you’re juggling too many tabs in your brain while your gas tank and your patience are both sitting on E.
Today started at 4:30 AM with devotionals about listening to God over the noise. And all day long, every sermon clip, every message, every moment kept circling back to the same thing:
Stop performing.
Stop pretending.
Just be real with God.
David did it in Psalms all the time. One chapter he was praising God with his whole chest… the next chapter he was basically saying, “Lord, are You seeing what these folks are doing?!” 😅
Honestly? That was me today.
I was catching up at work after being unexpectedly out yesterday for a home repair. Running errands. Trying to keep all the moving pieces moving. Then I realized I had left my purse at church after praise team rehearsal.
Not misplaced.
Not stolen.
Left on the front pew in the house of God.
And somehow, that one small inconvenience shifted my whole day.
On my drive, a car sped past me like they were headed toward an emergency, and I immediately heard: “Pray for them.” So I did.
Then I sent a video to one of my oldest friends — not casually through social media, but directly to him. He later told me he needed it in that exact moment because he had just received difficult news. The message was about God still having good things ahead.
Meanwhile, I’m over here with no wallet, no cards, my gas light glowing like a Broadway spotlight, and only my phone and keys. 😂
But God had already made provision.
I used an app to put gas in my car. Got through the workday. Picked up my children. Fed my babies. Then headed back to church for Bible study and children’s ministry setup.
And because I had to return for my purse, I was in position.
Position to pray for one of my teachers who wasn’t feeling well.
Position to prepare the Comfort Room we just launched for inclusive families on Mother’s Day.
Position to make sure children’s ministry was ready when another teacher got delayed at work.
Position to serve.
Even the details connected.
Last week, when we launched the Comfort Room, we used my personal Fire Stick because the church’s hadn’t arrived yet. This week, while buying summer shoes for the kids (because apparently children wake up overnight wearing a whole new shoe size 🙃), I received an offer for a free Fire Stick and discounts stacked on top of clearance prices and Kohl’s Cash.
Provision on provision.
And it hit me:
Everything I thought I “needed” today was already in the house.
Not just my purse.
Not just provision.
Peace.
Purpose.
Positioning.
God was reminding me that when I leave everything at His feet — my frustrations, insecurities, exhaustion, offenses, even my successes — He can keep my heart pure enough to be used.
And tonight, three little first-time visitors got to experience children’s ministry because I was there.
Not because my day was perfectly planned.
Not because I had it all together.
But because God can use even the things we think are interruptions.
Even a forgotten purse on a front pew. 💛
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