“Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭6‬:‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

As we begin this Faithful Friday, I want to praise God for always providing! Julie and I have been blogging for 7 years and God continuously shows us provision by always inspiring us to write. When we first began this journey, I would spend every morning for a week writing or praying about what to write. God has now taught me to rely on Him day-to-day. We have gotten into the routine of writing each morning and scheduling the post for the following day. Therefore, on Monday we write for Tuesday, on Tuesday we write for Wednesday, and so on. However, this week God told me to wait on Him. All day Saturday I prayed about what to write for Sunday’s post but the inspiration never came. I went to bed praying God would give me His message but I wasn’t worried. As always, when I awoke Sunday morning, God laid on my heart His message for the day. And so each day this week my writing followed this same pattern. The writings this week may have posted a little later, but I trust the word of God was right on time for someone each day.

So it was with this cool picture Ray White captured one day while in line at a store. When Ray sent the picture on Thursday I had been praying about what to post on Friday and it was like the picture was manna from Heaven. I immediately imagined how safe and loved the kitten must have felt. I wondered if the kitten had been rescued by this person or was the person simply giving the kitten a special treat. Either way, I knew God had nudged Ray to send the picture at that moment, Ray had listened, and as a result I was blessed by God’s provision.

I pray that you will take away two points from today;

1) God loves you immeasurably! Have faith that God will always provide what you need at just the right time. Trust that God wants you to feel safe and loved like the kitten in the picture.

2) God will use you to be His vessel if you will allow Him. Stay focused and in tune to nudging from the Holy Spirit and obey. When you get the urge to call, text or write someone, do it. You may not understand how or why but you may be the messenger of God’s love. Have faith that God will use you. Trust and obey!