God Provides

Here’s a story for you. One day, I was worrying about money and taxes, and I shared my troubles with my brother over the phone. He told me he was on his way into Mass and would call me back when he got out — and he did. The Gospel reading that day? Matthew 17:27, the story of Jesus and his disciples needing to pay the temple tax. Jesus tells them to cast a line into the sea, and in the mouth of the first fish they catch, they will find a coin — enough to pay it. My stress vanished immediately. I just needed to find a fish.

Mind you, Jesus could have used anything to pay this tax. "Hey Peter, what's that behind your ear?" Or, "Look under your shoe.” Or even simply, “I have the exact amount in my pocket ready for the occasion.” But he didn’t. In a gesture almost as intimate as “Put your finger into my side, and believe,” Jesus spoke into the very history of his disciples. He used the work of their hands — the familiar labor of catching fish — to reveal his glory and to provide for them.

We have faced many difficult financial situations as a family but I want to say this~

GOD PROVIDES! 

~and keep an eye out for a good looking fish.

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