He made a hippo that weighs a tonne

I remember a kid's song I used to sing.  One of the verses went like this ...
"God's fingerprints are everywhere
Just to show how much He cares
But in between He had lots of fun
He made a hippo that weighs a tonne"

A few weeks ago I think Matthew and I were about ready to crawl under a rock or throw in the towel.  Of course we didn't, but as we sat on our bed we admitted to eachother that we just didn't know what to do.  Our car was dead, we had so much to sort through with Tee.  I was frustrated with my body and it just felt like things were up against a wall.  We knew things could be a lot worse, but we felt stuck.

As the verse said, God's fingerprints are everywhere.  Looking over the past few weeks we didn't know what to do, but somehow God's hands were behind the scenes doing things for us.  The week the car died we were given an unexpected amount of money.  Then my Dad shows up and works us a great deal that is under the amount of money were had budgeted for the car.  We were so worried about me being able to get in and out of a small car and somehow my Dad finds this little mechanics shop in Kitchener that is selliing a minivan in our prices range.  We were desperate for something to drive and somehow we ended up with something better that even mentioned at a lower price.

Not only that, we didn't know what to do with Tee and somehow funding has come in that covers exactly the cost of Tee's program and some money to pay someone to take her.  Not only that, but we had a dear friend be willing to do it for a price that was in our budget.  Tee now has a starting date, a way to get there and a way to pay for it.

A few weeks ago having all these things sorted seemed impossible. These "problems" may seem small compared to what other people are dealing with, but when you add frustration and guilt over not feeling like you're able to provide things, it can seem overwhelming.  To be honest, I want to take care of Tee myself.  I want to be able to walk her there.  I want to have a great job so I can have the means to work out my own problems.  That's not going to happen anytime soon.  I have to watch other people do the things I desperately want to do myself.  Seeing all the details worked out gives me hope. It's not to say that things won't seem like they are falling apart again, but I see God's fingerprints and provision over us ... I just hope I don't turn into that hippo that weighs a tonne!