Since I’ve been out of work, we don’t have dental insurance. Thankfully God had made provision for us to pay for a wisdom tooth I needed to have extracted a few weeks back.
We’ve known for a while my daughter needed all of hers removed. Since they were not bothering her, and it was going to be so expensive, we decided to see if we could wait until next summer. By that time, we’d be on my wife’s insurance.
Well, last week her teeth started bothering her. So we talked about it and prayed about and basically concluded we’d go forward with it now, and trust God to provide.
Now to finish this story I have to tell a side story.
About 3 months ago we got some official looking mail from a local Clerk of Court describing a class action lawsuit. Apparently a company we had a loan through several years back had some issues with how loans were handled, and some people got some lawyers and sued them in a class action lawsuit, whatever that is. Anyway, we got a letter from the court that said we were listed as a plaintiff, and we had to do nothing, but we may eligible for a part of the settlement. To be eligible, we didn’t need to do anything. If we wished to withdraw as a plaintiff, we could.
So we read it over and checked it out and it was legitimate. So we figured we’d stay in it- figuring we might get enough for dinner or something. I filed the letter away and promptly forgot about it.
Fast forward to today. I went to the dentist for a follow-up, and told him my daughter needed her wisdom teeth out. The dentist made an appointment to evaluate her this coming Monday. We’d have to draw on our dwindling savings, but if it’s what is needed, like I said, we would place our faith in God to provide, not our savings.
So I get home, and I’m telling my wife and daughter about the appointment. My daughter checked the mail. An envelope came in from that same Clerk of Court.
It was the settlement check.
More than enough to cover my daughters tooth extraction.
I just started crying. How amazing is our God? How great are His blessings.
Heavenly Father I praise Your Holy Name. I cried out to you in time of need and You made provision sufficient, though I do not deserve such mercy and compassion. Holy God I praise Your name, Most High Heavenly Father.
Please take a moment to watch and this and rejoice with me, praising God for His mercy and provision. How great is our God!
