You Cannot Out Give God!

Just in the last several weeks I have experienced awesome favor with people. It is almost as though God is going before me and preparing a pathway of blessings. I like to think that it is because people cannot resist showing kindness to a pregnant woman, but I know that it really is the Lord's favor working on my behalf! It is not a result of anything I have done but a product of my Father's immense love and compassion for me! Here is an example of just one of the ways that the Lord has poured out His love for me...As many of you know, a few weeks ago I did a giveaway at my home. I am so grateful to my neighbors who came over and took a lot of the stuff. It really made it a lot easier on me-I only had half as much stuff to haul off myself. In order to thank me for all the free stuff, they went and bought and planted begonias by my front door. It would have been more than enough for them to have just bought me some plants, but my neighbor, Tom, also planted them for me. That meant so much to me! I have been so sick and have such little tolerance for the heat that I have not really been able to do much gardening. It has really been bugging me that in spite of my diligence in watering and fertilizing my pansies, they did not make it. I knew they wouldn't but had hoped that they would last longer. I was so sad to pull them up especially since I knew that I would not be able to afford replacement flowers. We haven't had a consistent income for 2 months now and so we can only buy necessities. Anyway, every time I drove by the house or walked out to the mailbox and saw the empty flower bed, it really made me feel sad. (Sometimes when you are depressed, small things like flowers really can help cheer you up! )It wasn't like it was a life or death situation having flowers there, but it was a desire of my heart to have some pink begonias by my front door. My neighbors didn't even know that it was that big of a deal to me. Once again, God gave me a desire of my heart! If God can provide for the small things in life, then how much more will He come through on the big things in life?!? This simple act of kindness was a reminder to me of God's provision. Although I am having such a tough time dealing with our financial situation, it is situations like this that remind me of God's faithfulness. The neatest thing about all of this is that my mother told me the night before the giveaway, "Heather, I am proud of you for giving away your stuff. God will bless you because you cannot out give God!". She was right, YOU CANNOT OUT GIVE GOD! He definitely has the bigger shovel! :)