New Shoes!

Was just recalling an instance just before the wedding on Saturday.  With Adam being off work long term, now being about 14 weeks we are a bit strap for cash, not struggling just need to be careful how we spend.  Being in this situation causes you to lean more on the caring shoulder of the Lord and it's usually during these times that you see more of His hand on your life.  I went down Burnley, last Thursday I think, for a couple of things.  One of these was to get a shoe fitting check for Isaac.  I was holding on as long as I could, hoping that Adam would happen be back at work before I needed to buy new shoes for him.  Anyway I went thinking it would be nice if he had some new ones for the wedding to wear with his suit.  After the lady measured his feet, and it was found he'd gone up a whole size, she brought a range of shoes in his size similar to the ones he was wearing, as I'd specified.  She brought 3 pairs, two of them were beige or browny in colour which were too similar to the ones he had and the third pair were red.  I was drawn to these ones being quite different in colour to what I was in habit of buying.  So I suggested to try these on.  As she was opening up the shoe I noticed a sale sticker inside which said £12.  As these shoes are usually around £26-28 that was quite a reduction in price, so I questioned her to confirm this.  I hadn't chosen the shoes because of the sale price I chose them because I liked them.  The shop assistant said they must have been what was left over from the sale and somehow have slipped back into the stock room at the back of the shop with the other shoes.  She then said to Isaac, "These shoes were meant for you"  which at the time I thought rather strange.  Then when we got to the till she scanned the shoes and found they were reduced again to £10.  Following this again she said to Isaac, "These shoes were meant for you".  I always think when something out of character that seems to have been said out of the blue and then said TWICE is particularly from God.  When I told Adam he was reminded of when Joseph was interpreting Pharoah's  two dreams of the seven heads of grain and the seven cows. Joseph said to Pharoah in Genesis 41:32 "The reason the dream was given to Pharoah in two forms is that the matter has been firmly decided by God, and God will do it soon."

Thank you Lord for your timely provision and caring hand.