Wednesday, February 22, 2012

God Provides Through A Poker Chip

I recently attended an international veterinary conference in Las Vegas. I took some money for food and hopefully souvenirs. Even with careful spending, I was soon left with only enough to get a cab back to the airport and about 6 dollars in pocket cash, not enough to eat on in Vegas! I had brought some fruit and nutrition bars with me so while it would be boring, I would have plenty to eat. On Tuesday afternoon, I was wandering through the exhibit hall talking to vendors and learning about different products and services. I stopped by a booth for a moment and was invited to a very select lunch the following day. Out of over 13,000 people at the conference I was one of 18 people invited to this lunch. I was plenty excited about that alone (God had provided my lunch!). But at the luncheon, I was surprised again. We were served a three course lunch with our choice of entree and had a roundtable discussion related to the company who put it on for us. Just as it was drawing to a close, one of the reps thanked us for coming and handed each of us a $25 poker chip. She said we could use it to gamble or cash it in. A free lunch and twenty-five dollars?! I was thrilled! Keep in mind that I was virtually broke at this time and I also can't even bring myself to play the penny slots haha. Anyway, there was an Italian restaurant I had seen several times and had wanted to try but lack of funds had nixed that idea. So I cashed in my chip and looked forward to another meal. Others may not see it this way, but to me these are little miracles. I literally did not have money for my meals and God took care of that little detail. So can God use any method to provide for us? Yes! In my case, He even used a poker chip. You just have to look for His hand.

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