Lilies of the Field

God's provisions are beautiful. They come in ways we don't expect and don't deserve. They rarely look the same as before. Sometimes they aren't what we need but are a real treat. Over this past year overseas, God has provided in sweet and beautiful ways. It has been a hard year ... there have been many plain meals (I have made canned tuna in just about every way possible!) and there have been times I struggle to not want to focus on the wrong thing. But also numerous times I have seen God's hand in such sweet and unexpected ways that I can't help but share a few of God's provisions:

Fresh veggies & fruit given to us from a local vineyard

Beautiful clothing given & lent to us from family & friends

(This dress was from Joshua's mom)

An invitation from my cousin & husband to stay

several days at an amazing villa at the Sea (Spain)

Thrifty friends that informed us about a wholesale store

to buy the least expensive eggs, chicken, mozzarella & pepperoni 

And a few others...a crib and car seat for Gabriel, new earrings, 1lb of yeast for baking, passing the MOT (a vehicle inspection on a very old and beat up car)... I could list more than anyone would want to read, but I want to publicly bless God for some of His gifts! AND I want to remind those reading that God's word is TRUE:

 “...do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air... Consider the lilies of the field..."