The Blessing in an Envelope

"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." Words of Jesus, Luke 6:38

This verse came to pass yesterday afternoon while we were at church.  A man handed my husband an envelope that only had our last name written upon it.  When my husband opened the envelope, inside was a gift of cash and this note, "May this be a blessing to you as you've been to us."  Though this note remained anonymous and we do not know the person who gifted us with this, we know that God knows and He will bless this persons' socks off, just like this gift has blessed our socks off!

My husband has been furloughed for a month now due to the Government shutdown.  During the past four weeks, we have had a peace that passes all understanding.  Our Lord has always taken care of us, and we know that He always will.  Sometimes He takes care of us directly, and sometimes He takes care of us by using others.  My husband and I are truly grateful for the generous gift this person/persons/ or family has given us.

I confess. When we first opened the envelope and saw what was inside, we went from shock, to thinking that there is someone who needs this gift more than we do, to humility, and finally to gratefulness and praise to our Lord!  There are so many bible verses that show what this act of Kindness truly is, from 'reaping what you sow,' to 'Our God shall supply all your needs,' to 'Love one another.' the list could go on and on, and yet I chose Luke 6:38 because our hearts are truly full and overflowing for the love and kindness shown to us by someone who wants to remain anonymous.  

This blessing in an envelope went much further than into our hearts and into our bank account.  You see, as I deposited this gift into our account this morning, the Teller asked me, "Are you going out to lunch today, or doing anything fun?"  I said, "No, actually I will just be going back home today.  My husband is one of many who has been laid off due to the Government shutdown, and this money being deposited into our account today is because the Lord laid it upon someone's heart at our church to give this to us to help us until my husband can go back to work."

I think I shocked this Teller into silence.  

God will reward this person openly one day...

    But until then...

        We will praise and thank God for using this person to help us along the way...

            But that's just me!

A gift given blesses more than the recipient when God is involved!  TH