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40 Days of Faith – Day 31 | Finding Care

“My husband and I have learned to pray very specific prayers…”

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The Status

On Day 31 of our #40daysoffaith adventure moving from MD to CO on the word of God, we found affordable, convenient child-care that we were able to start right away! (Umm, that never happens.)

After two weeks of settling in, we realized that we were going crazy in our 176 square feet of house, and we weren’t getting enough (read: any) work done. When we prayed together last weekend, we heard God say to put our daughter in a school so that we could get the other things we needed to get done done. God gave some limits: no more than three times a week, no more than half days. Our single car and our budget gave another limit: we couldn’t afford any of the three local daycares that had availability.

I prayed to the Lord on Sunday afternoon, somewhat exasperated by our financial situation: “God, you said to put our kid in school, so we need you to give us a school that is half as expensive as the ones we are finding now.” God replied, “Do not worry. I will provide a school for her.” By this morning, a church preschool program with availability called me back, and they happened to have an open house the very same evening.

Even though we didn’t think the schedule of that preschool would meet our needs, we dropped by the open house anyway. That’s when we found out that they actually offered another schedule that met our needs beautifully!

Oh, and it was 15 minutes from our house.

Oh, and our kid could start the next day.

Oh, and it was one-third the cost of the other daycares we had found.

The Takeaway

“Ask and it will be given to you…” Matthew 7:7a (from the Interlinear)

My husband and I have learned to pray very specific prayers because God always says “Yes” to a prayer from right motives. Since our motives were to obey God’s guidance to put our kid in a school, but we were limited by our funds, God made it super easy for us to know which school was from God. (To be clear, God doesn’t always make everything so easy, but when he/she does, it feels amazing!)

The Prayer

God, thank you.

The Challenge

What is your #40daysoffaith adventure and how did Day 31 go? How has God answered a prayer that made you feel cared for?

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