CONTENT IN HIS CARE
by penelope carlevato
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WE HAD ONE GOAL IN OUR LIVES AS A YOUNG COUPLE: GET RICH, AND GET RICH QUICK. After being
involved in a multi-level business, or MLM (money leaving me) and nearly losing everything, we found new riches, when both my husband and I became Christians. The months that followed were probably the most exciting times of our lives. We walked by faith for all our needs and sought to get back on our feet financially. To help out, I began babysitting for our neighbor’s twoyear-old son, Jeffery. He became like one or our own, and our kids eagerly awaited his arrival every morning. His mother was a flight attendant, which sometimes kept her away overnight, but she felt comfortable leaving Jeffery with us. One morning I realized we had nothing for dinner and no cash. (This was way before credit cards could be used at the grocery store.) At first, I panicked, but then I remembered the words I had read in my Bible that morning:
“So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and 30. leadinghearts.com
