Friday, March 27, 2009

God's Amazing Provision

God has amazed me once again. Not sure why I'm continually amazed by what He can and does do when He has done it over and over again. He has provided for my family once again. Here's the story:

Bob received an email from his company a couple of months again that informed employees that because of the economic downturn all salaries were being cut starting with the March 31 paycheck. His salary was to be cut by 5%. You never like to hear about a paycut but Bob took the positive view and was happy that he still had a job - they had just finished massive layoffs within his company and he was not cut. Several weeks after the first email about pay cuts employees received another email stating that the 5% cut wasn't going to be enough so there would be an additional 10% pay cut for the two checks in April - for a total of a 15% paycut for both April checks, then in May it would return to the original 5% paycut. Again Bob, completely relying on the Lord, made the statement that there was nothing his company could do to him or his pay that God couldn't handle. Well, when Bob received the email this week that contained his pay statement for the March 31 paycheck he was expecting to see the 5% paycut but instead his paycheck was hundreds more than what it should be!! After examining his statement he noticed that they had payed him for overtime - he is not supposed to get paid for overtime. Through communications with colleagues he found out that it had happened to other people as well - not all employees were paid extra but some were. Knowing that it was a mistake Bob called his manager who checked with the Payroll Dept. and found out that they were aware of the problem and were trying to decide what to do about it. Bob followed up with the Payroll Dept. the next day and they told him the problem was fixed for the next pay period and that they were not going to be collecting the overage - that he would just keep it!!! That's amazing in itself!! God is sooo God, but it doesn't end there. Bob had figured up how much his paycheck would be short for the March 31 paycut of 5% and the two April paycuts of 15% and the amount he got paid over on the March 31 paycheck covered all but $6.10 of that amount. God not only provides, but he provides EXACTLY what you need. Only God can do that and we want him to be given ALL the GLORY in this testimony. AMAZING!!!

2 comments:

Alicia (dna) said...

That's an awesome testimony of God's goodness and provision!

bethdunn said...

I just love how God surprises us when we choose to completely trust Him! I'm so excited that I feel like I got the extra pay!!