Day 33

Rita Wiseman | Re:Hope Southside

In the run up to Duncan and me getting married, I was finalising lots of stuff in my flat as we prepared to move in together (and ensure that I got my flat deposit back). One major thing I still hadn’t resolved was the loss of my spare key. I couldn’t even remember when I had lost my spare key, let alone where I last had it on me! 

One weekday afternoon, I was really racked with stress over it and I remember saying to God, “Help! I have no idea what to do!”. At that moment, the word “The Locale” came into my head. I had no idea what it meant but I quickly Google searched it and results for a pub in the city centre appeared. I thought it looked vaguely familiar but wasn’t sure why I was thinking about it. It felt random. Almost without thinking, I decided to call up the pub and ask if they “Had any keys in their lost property by any chance?”. “We have loads actually”, they replied. I let them know that I’d maybe pop by and visit. 

I wasn’t filled with much confidence; I couldn’t even remember what my spare key looked like! But I decided that going to the pub and having a look was worth a shot, considering I had no other ideas and this lead felt random but also, potentially promising. 

Duncan and I turned up and were welcomed by the bartender with a basket FULL of keys. I felt immediately flat. But as soon as I looked in the basket, my eyes laser focused onto a specific pair: my spare key (at least, I hoped it was)? We were literally at the pub for less than 2 minutes. 

I still didn’t fully believe that this was the lost pair until Duncan drove me home and I placed the key into my front door lock…and the door opened!

I caught up with Rachel the day after the key saga and was still in shock at the way the chain of events had unfolded. An issue that I deemed self-solvable and honestly, too mundane for God to be interested in, and His hearing me and guiding me directly to the solution so quickly…it opened a new facet of trust with Him I wasn’t previously familiar with.

Chloe Moodie | Re:Hope West End

Over these next few months I'm going to a couple of different Christian summer camps (Magnitude and Forum) and as a student, I knew that booking these would take up most of my savings. I was debating whether I could afford to do both, but I just felt the urge to trust God with this because I knew that He wanted me to go to both camps and not to limit my expectations for Him to provide.

So, I paid for the main tickets and still had to pay some of the food and equipment costs, which thankfully didn't have an immediate deadline. Then, just last week, I got a message from a friend about an opportunity to play for a wedding gig (for context I'm a pianist), which I was slightly apprehensive to do at first because it was very last minute (a same week situation!), but I prayed about it and asked that if it was the right thing then it would just work out smoothly…and it did, praise God! 

The pay from the gig was almost to the pound exactly what I needed to pay for getting a tent and the food cost, even with a few pennies left over! God is so good for providing in ways and moments we don't expect. He is Jehovah Jireh!

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Jehovah Jireh indeed! How do you need the Lord’s miraculous and faithful provision today?