There was a time when finances were so tight, we usually spent the last week to ten days of each month with less than five dollars in our bank account.

For a family of six, that was scary. What if one of the kids got hurt or sick and we needed to pay our co-pay, but couldn’t? What if they came home with a permission slip from school that required money for a field trip… and I didn’t have it?

I admit I spent more time than I should have worrying about our lack of finances. And I spent time feeling sorry for myself and my family. I even spent a bit of time wondering why God didn’t love us enough to give us more.

Then I realized how much I actually had. My figurative “fishing nets” were full!

My children were healthy. My marriage was strong. We were blessed with a wonderful church family. We had a roof over our head, food on the table, and never — not ever — did God fail to get us through.

So while I never had an actual fishing net to put into the water, I praise God for the privilege of seeing evidence of His miraculous provision time and time again!