Pennies From Heaven

It was time again to ask for divine intervention. . When you live on a Wing and a Prayer you have to have absolute confidence that life will deliver what you need.. It takes courage and blind faith to live this way..

Another of the glorious magic moments was an occasion when the purse strings were stretch to the limits yet again.. story of my life.. some might say..My husband was over seas working.. I had been given 4 post dated cheques to live on for the period of his departure. Each of these cheques was to provide all the food and necessities for a fortnight.. well as we all know not every thing in life goes exactly to plan. Friday was the official cash the cheque day.

It was Tuesday 3 days to go.. On one level I knew we could get by and that if I really was clever we would survive.. always loved a challenge..today though I had to get food in the cupboard.

I am sure this has happened to you?.. you know those moments when you get to the check out and you have too many items in the basket, you make a decision which ones shall I put back..

Well there I was at the check out when the neighbour from hell approached me with a sly look at my shopping basket.. It took all my strength to smile sweetly and ignore her presence.. When the teller told me the amount required I hastily handed over the dollars and departed post haste.. I breathed a sigh of relief as I fastened my seat belt and laughed at the lucky escape I had from the obnoxious neighbour who delighted in making our lives hell.. what is it about her anyway..?

As I started the engine with all the shopping in the back seat.. I glanced down at the petrol gauge.. bummer the needle was on E.. oh no in my haste to get out of the shop I had forgotten my plan to hold enough money back to get petrol..my best laid plans had been thwarted.. why didn't I listen to the voice in my head? Here I was now with no petrol 3 days to go before pay cheque day and oh no I had also forgotten the cat food... blood oath now what can I do?.

I limped home in my car praying all the way to my self " Please god just let there be enough petrol to get home" . Then I can search all my pockets, rattle all the money boxes, find all the old purses and any other container that might just have a few forgotten dollars tucked away.Free wheeling down the drive I came to a gentle Holt.. With a cuppa tea in hand I started my search..

Then the phone rang.. the nice neighbour on the other side of the drive was asking if I could pick up her kids today, from school with mine, as she was at the dentist.... well I said I could walk them home to fill up some time that would be a change wouldn't it.?.She agreed. I did not tell her the reason for the exercise.. resourcefulness came to my rescue.. I continued my search.

After half an hour and all efforts came to zilch I decided it was time for divine intervention. With a second cup of tea I had a serious talk to GOD. " I need your help right now.. I do not often ask for money, but this time I am seriously up the Swanee with out a paddle.. I really need some petrol and cat food.. and perhaps a little extra to get me through to Friday, if you really are listening could you send some help RIGHT now? "

I sat in silence for about 5 min's waiting for the voice from the pearly gates to answer.. Nope no such response. There was nothing more to do than to get the flat shoes on and walk both ways to the local school with a good positive attitude and pretend this was just normal and there was nothing wrong at all. In fact life was just fine and dandy and the cats will have to have the same dinner as us.. As I walked I decided the kids were far too lazy anyway and walking was good for the soul.. I even convinced myself that the same thing applied to me.. By the time I reached the school I was as high as a kite with my own sense of righteousness.

Children walk slowly when they are starving and tired, the bag of apples I had carried with me did little to cheer them up.. the long dawdle home seemed to take for ever especially with 6 kids are in tow.. As we reached the post box at the top of the drive I could see a lime green envelope was sticking out of the box, odd, I remember thinking, it was not there when I left at 2.30 this afternoon! Wonder who has popped over? Obviously I missed a visitor, a casual thought went through my mind.

As I reached inside to grab the contents I noticed it had no name on or stamp. Even more obscure.. funny.. what can it be.. perhaps it is a kids game or something.. Intrigued I opened the envelope and out fell 5 ten dollar notes...what is this? I searched the envelope again, no note, no card nothing. It was empty just the blue notes.. Then I remembered the prayer.. the high as a kite feeling returned in a flash.. I was dancing down the drive.. the kids thought I had gone barmy.. there is a god I was singing.. come on kids come on there is a god..lets get in the car.. let's go and get Chicken Treat for tea...and the neighbours kids can come too.. let's celebrate.. petrol is on the list and the cats can have tinned chicken they get a treat too. Hurray there is a God there really is and he came through for me too.