The Lord’s Provision – Numbers 11:23

Surely the Lord’s hand is not shortened! He always, always provides enough for His people. He provided for Israel in the desert, and He provides for us now.

Over the past couple of months, I’ve spent some time reflecting on how the Lord has so graciously provided for our family. My husband and I just recently transitioned out of our positions working in full time college ministry. For almost 3 years, we worked at a local university sharing the gospel and discipling students. Part of our jobs included raising our own financial support – that means all of our income each month came from the donations of others! If you’re thinking that’s a scary way to live, you’re right! It was hard work to build a monthly support team and it taught us to trust the Lord’s provision each month and to pray more fervently than ever. There were months we were uncertain how we would make it, but in 3 years we never once missed paying a bill or eating a real meal. We were in such a beautiful position to see the Lord’s provision so clearly each month. Sometimes His provision came through a regular paycheck and some months it came from random one time gifts. One week, someone gave me a check at church, saying God had put us on their heart that week. On the way home that same day, a tire on my car popped and the check was exactly $2 more than how much we needed to buy a new tire! I could tell you so many stories of times God provided exactly what we needed at exactly the right time. It was He alone that provided for us and sustained us so that we can so confidently say from our hearts that the Lord’s hand is most certainly not shortened at all!! He provided for the Israelites in the desert, He has provided for us in Riverside, He is and will always be enough for all of our needs. Trust in His good provision dear friend, He will sustain you.

For this page, I knew I wanted to do something with quail, since that’s what God provided for the Israelite’s to eat! I was originally just going to paint some quail on the page, but I had the silly idea to make a quail shaker. If you’ve seen Amanda’s tutorial, she used confetti and sequins to fill her shakers. When I imagine God providing SO MUCH quail that it comes out of the Israelite’s nostrils, I imagine it falling from sky and just being EVERYWHERE – like the confetti in one of Amanda’s fun shakers. So I decided to draw up some quail, cut them up and fill a sticker package with them. I didn’t need to trim or glue the package at all, just opened up the seal at the bottom, stuffed it with quail, resealed it and washi taped it into my Bible. I added the main lines of the verse to the outside of the packaging with some alpha stickers after. I just love how it turned out and am already thinking up other stories that need animal filled shaker inserts!

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