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Love filled the ponds
One of our neighbors spends part of his time at his cattle ranch about 150 miles west of town. A few months ago my wife and I were taking a walk in our neighborhood and ran into him. He was down in the dumps because he had not had any rain for months and all his ranch ponds had dried up. He said he was spending so much money on trucking in hay and on electricity for pumping well water for his cattle that he was going broke. He said he would have to sell off much of his herd, which he had been building up for many years.
My neighbor, my wife, and I had all prayed about drought conditions before, so I said, “Let’s pray about this,” and then my wife and I had to leave. Immediately a familiar Bible passage came to thought, assuring me that there would be “no lack” (see II Corinthians 8:15).
The Bible has many practical examples of how divine help has overcome lack. Jesus prayed and then fed over five thousand people in the desert, when moments before his disciples had told him they had only “five loaves, and two fishes” (see Matthew 14:15–21). Also, Joseph was able to save Egypt from seven years of famine (see Genesis 41), Moses saw the children of Israel fed with manna in the wilderness (see Exodus 16), and Elisha helped a destitute widow fill her household vessels with valuable oil (see II Kings 4).
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