Faithful Provision -- Beverly Varnado

“Your love O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” Psalm 36:5

My husband pointed to a box of my journals spilling on to his side of the closet, “What are you going to do with these?” He asked as he folded his arms and gave me a look that suggested he thought the nearest dumpster might be the best place for them.

Get rid of my journals?

The Psalmist declared God’s faithfulness reaches to the skies. In other words, it is immeasurable, without limit. As I stooped down to crack open one of the many volumes of my writing and scanned the entries, stories of God’s faithful provision came to life. My journals were a record of God’s faithfulness, in one area in particular—our finances. God has demonstrated over and over his abundant provision.

One day I noted a concern over whether or not we might have to sell our house because I was not generating income due to staying at home with our small children. Today, fifteen years later, we still live in that same house. Another volume contained a prayer request about paying a large sum of back taxes because of an accountant’s mistake on our income tax returns. It took a few years, and we still don’t know where the money came from, but we finally paid the debt. In a more recent journal I expressed anxiety over how we would pay the mounting medical bills. Again, in time, the statements from the hospitals and doctors finally stopped coming as the amount due columns turned to zeroes. Across the years, so many prayers have been answered.

What am I going to do with these journals?

Keep them, of course—maybe not on my husband’s side of the closet, though. I’ll also keep what God has taught me through them—that He is faithful. Immeasurably faithful.

Lord,
Thank you for your faithful provision in my life. Thank you for your persistence in teaching me to trust you. Thank you that with you even the sky is not the limit. In Jesus name. Amen.

Beverly Varnado is a novelist and screenwriter who writes to give people hope in the redemptive purposes of God. She is a 2009 finalist for the Kairos Prize, an international screenplay competition. She was also a finalist in the Gideon Screenplay competition for 2009 and 2008. Her writing credits include the Upper Room and a Focus on the Family publication. Beverly makes her home with her family and their menagerie of four cats and three dogs. You may visit her at http://www.beverlyvarnado.com/.