God takes care of me

I was completely stressed out last night, wondering how I was going to pay my bills and have any money left over for silly things like food and gas. o_O I knew stressing wasn't helping me at all, and in fact was only keeping me awake. I had to keep thinking of different verses that tell of God's promises to take care of me and my needs. This morning, my dad called out of the blue to say he was coming up to visit me. He does this periodically, but more often we plan a day for him to come up. I thought, perfect, I can drop my car off to get new tires and we can go out for lunch. Well, at Big O Tires, I find out that 4 new tires plus an alignment were going to cost double what I thought they would. I said ok, since I knew for 2 months I needed the tires. We got out to my dad's car and I fell apart. I had the money to pay, but it would leave me with $75 to live on basically for the next 3 weeks, since my next check would have to go entirely toward rent and bills. Dad tells me he will help me out, and I feel a little better.

We went to lunch, and then to Starbucks (hooray for dad and daughter tradition!) and then to pick up my car. I walk in resolved to just do what I have to do, and then, Dad pays for my tires. I was in shock. I'm still in shock. I thought maybe he'd give me a little cash to get me by, but what he did was wonderful. I'm 27 years old, I feel like I should take care of myself, but I guess sometimes I still need my dad. I said a silent prayer thanking God for taking care of me. Later today, He provided for me again, with 2 substitute jobs next week. Learning to trust, to not worry about money, that's really hard for me. Today was a very concrete example of why I should continue to trust in Him.