{"id":37,"date":"2003-07-22T12:35:47","date_gmt":"2003-07-22T17:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2007-02-11T08:54:54","modified_gmt":"2007-02-11T14:54:54","slug":"the-case-of-the-full-freezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2003\/the-case-of-the-full-freezer.html","title":{"rendered":"The case of the full freezer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quite a month so far! &nbsp;As it began, I was meditating on Phil 4:6-7, which reads:<\/p>\n<p><i>Never worry about anything. &nbsp;But in every situation <font color=\"red\">let God know<\/font> what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks.&nbsp; Then <font color=\"red\">God&#8217;s peace<\/font>, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus.<\/i>  (Phi 4:6-7, GW)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so easy to work and work and worry and worry and forget the basics &#8211; like asking God. &nbsp;This month we were wondering where the groceries were going to come from. &nbsp;So, after asking God, He really answered with . . .<br \/>A very successful shopping trip<br \/>A surprise gift of a few groceries at our door<br \/>Another surprise gift of a big bag of groceries<\/p>\n<p>By this time we were in an ironic situation because we had a freezer jam-packed full of food, but we weren&#8217;t sure how we were going to be able to buy the little things that come up, like needing more milk or bread. &nbsp;Just then someone phoned and wanted to give us a direct gift of some money to help us out! &nbsp;God still wasn&#8217;t quite finished, and more groceries came to our door a couple days ago.<\/p>\n<p>To add to the blessings, while doing some maintenance on our car, the mechanic found that a couple of our brake pads needed to be replaced, and replaced them for free (what?! who does that?!).<\/p>\n<p>\nThanks again for your prayers! &nbsp;Thank God for all that He is doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been quite a month so far! &nbsp;As it began, I was meditating on Phil 4:6-7, which reads: Never worry about anything. &nbsp;But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks.&nbsp; Then God&#8217;s peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-matters","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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