It was a beautiful Saturday morning when I ate breakfast with Blue Mustang. He said, “I know God has a couple of families out there that need to be blessed today.”
Blue Mustang gave me $280 to do that. Our King loves that number of $140 per family. He always multiplies it when this amount is given. I headed down to the King Soopers where God usually sends me. When I arrived at the store parking lot, God said, “Sonny, look behind you.”
I looked into my rearview mirror and saw a van that stopped behind me. I saw what looked like two families getting out of the van. They were packed in the van like sardines. Both families had a total of six kids. They lined up in a row and were all facing east as though they were about to pray to God. I got out of my pickup and stood by my back bumper. I could hear the men praying. One man said, “God, you brought us here and we came in obedience. We only have $28.15 left. You brought us here to expect a miracle. We are going to wait here as long as it takes for this miracle to happen.”
They had brought snacks to wait for the miracle. I discovered they could only afford saltine crackers and peanut butter to snack on. This is definitely not my way of having a snack. But they were prepared as best they could. I continued listening to the families pray. One of the children prayed, “We are expecting a miracle because I would love to have some cereal.”
This kind of prayer makes you appreciate what God gives you. I have cereal all the time. Many times I am in a hurry and don’t have time to make breakfast. I just eat a bowl of cereal to solve this problem. One of the girls then prayed, “God, I am sure missing French toast. I want to have it with butter and syrup.”
The last person to pray was a girl. She prayed, “God, I want you to bless that person who is going to bless us today 100-fold for their obedience in doing this for us.” What a grateful heart this girl had in asking God to bless someone who still has not given any money at all.
I continued to stand there until they were all done praying. God told me to wait just a little longer before I went over to talk to them. I continued listening to what they were saying. One of their little girls ask for a cracker and peanut butter because she was getting hungry. They did not have the time or the resources to even make breakfast. I began to cry when I realized that was all she had to eat. I began thinking about all of them getting out of the one van. I prayed, “God, they only have one van. They need to have another vehicle.”
I discovered the bank had reposed one family’s van. They were forced to ride together in this one van. Julie, one of the little girls said, “How long do we have to wait for this miracle?”
Tony, her nine-year-old sibling gave her the analogy about the Red Sea and said, “God could have easily opened the Red Sea before they got there, but he wanted to show his people how powerful he was. So he waited till everyone was there before it happened.” Tony paused a second then said, ” If we have to wait here all day, we are going to be patient with God. He promised that there would be a miracle and he will keep his promise.” This is a profound analogy from a 9 year old.
They decided they could be waiting awhile. They had some games in the van and they started setting them up and playing them while they were waiting for the promises of God. God said, “Sonny, it is time to go over and talk to them.”
I moved in a little closer. I then said, “So, you guys are here waiting for a miracle? Apparently you know God because I heard your cries for help. I want to tell you about Blue Mustang.”
Julie asked, “Is that a car?”
I said, “Yes that is a car, but let me tell you about Blue Mustang. God has used him in this ministry to blessed families like you that are hungry and need food. This is what he gave me to give you so that you can go buy groceries. He has warned me it is to be used for groceries only. No smokes or liquor or the blessing will stop. This money is from God but he has blessed Blue Mustang so that he can give it to you.”
Julie came up and grabbed my hand and said, “I like you. You know God.”
So here I was holding her left hand and I had my Bible in my right hand. She then said, “We have room in our van. You can sit on the floor with me. Then we can go shopping.”
Up to this point, I have not even told them how much money I have. But it didn’t matter to her. She was ready to go shopping. I told both the wives to hold their hands out. God just revealed to me that both of these women are true prayer warriors. The husband’s do pray and they have faith, but these women are amazing. God described their prayer life to me. I then laid the money on each of their hands. They said, “We don’t know when we can ever pay you back.”
I said, “No, this is a gift from God.”
Both wives replied, “This is the miracle we’ve been waiting for all morning.”
All this happened in 45 minutes. Waiting on a miracle can make it appear longer. Just remember God is never early and many times may respond at the last minute. But he is never late. Both wives said, “We know what we need and we are now able to get it.”
Julie asked, “Do you want to go shopping with us?”
I acknowledged to her that I would love to. Before we did anything, I prayed over both families. I did all this while Julie continue to hold my hand. We then began to head to the store to go shopping. But before we got to the entrance, two vans pull up like they were trying to cut us off as we walked on the sidewalk. An old gentleman, Noah, got out of one van and an old lady, Lisa, got out of the other van. Noah asked, “I saw all you guys get out of that one van. We counted more people getting out than there are seats. Some of you must not even have a seat to sit in.”
Julie said, “That’s me. I sit on the floor.” She then continued on and said, “The bank they are the bad guys. They took our van away from us. Now we have to ride with them.”
Lisa said, “Really! God just told us that we don’t need two vans. He had us come here. He said there is a family here that needs a van. He said that we had to get over here right away. It is filled with gas and now here we are. My husband pointed you guys out and said that’s the family.”
Julie exclaimed, “So you are giving us a van! Boy, these miracles are just coming from everywhere!”
She then told Noah that Blue Mustang gave us money to go buy groceries. The man then said, “I tell you what! I will match everything that he has given you so that you can not only get the things you need, but you can get the things that you want. How much money do you have now?”
They said, “Blue Mustang gave us $140 each.”
Lisa pulled out some money she had on her. She said, “I tell you what! I am going to give you each $200. Now you guys can really go out and get some groceries. That $140 will get you everything that you need but once in a while our tummies want Oreo cookies for dessert. We all know that is something that we don’t need but it is definitely something that we want. We want you to do likewise and get those things that you desire.” Lisa paused for a moment then asked, “Which van do you guys want? We have a Blue one and a red one.”
The family hesitated a bit and said, “Why don’t you take the one you want and we’ll take the one that you don’t want.”
Noah said, “No, it is not about what we want. It is about what you want. My mom passed away and she left this other van. We do not need two vans.”
It was a tough decision for the family to choose. Both of them were 2019s and they were pretty well identical in looks. Both were well taken care of. Noah said, “We tried to give one of them to our grandkids but they said we definitely do not want one of those vans.”
Martha, the wife said, “I would like to have the red one.”
Noah said, “It is yours.” He then pulled the title out and signed it over to the family. He then told Martha that it has insurance for six months and the tags are not due until next year. That family began crying after receiving such a wonderful miracle. Julie said, “Man, I cannot wait to sit down in one of those seats. That will be so much more comfortable than sitting on the floor.”
After a few moments of the family checking out the van, Noah and Lisa said, “Let’s go shopping. We want to go shopping with you.”
It was fun to watch Noah and Lisa in action. They got a cart of their own. When the parents would put an item back or the kids could not get something extra, Noah would put it in his cart. The parents did not want to abuse their blessing and many times said no. So the old couple faked it and said, “man this would be nice to have and they would put it in their cart.”
Noah asked the family if they had a freezer in their garage. The family responded that they have one but it’s almost entirely empty. They keep a few frivolous items for emergencies. Noah then stealthily took his cart towards the meat department. He then came back with hamburger, hot dogs and other meat items for their freezer. It was now time to go to the checkout line.
Julie said, “This is the most groceries I’ve ever seen in our cart ever.” She continued to eye over the vast quantity of food in the cart. She then said, “Mom we forgot peanut butter.”
Her mom said, “No, we got plenty of peanut butter.”
Julie responded, “Not the peanut butter with the peanuts in it. We need some of that.” So Julie ran to go pick up a jar of the crunchy peanut butter.
After they checked out and paid for their groceries. Noah then paid for his cart and said, “Here these are for you.”
Now the families were really feeling blessed. When they got outside, Noah asked the family that drove the van here if their van was paid off. They confirmed that it was. Noah then said, “Why don’t we transfer all the stuff out of your van into the Blue van. We will keep this one.”
If you could have seen the other van. It was old, dilapidated, and needed new tires. Noah was blessing the family with something much better. The family looked him in the eye and exclaimed, “Are you serious?”
Noah said, “God brought us here to give both of these vans away. The reason why we didn’t say anything earlier was because we wanted to see how you would react with us giving the van to the other family. Your heart was in God’s Kingdom. You passed the test and we want you two to have this other van.”
Noah signed the title over to the other family. The family then said, “We’re sorry that our van is such a mess. We want to clean it up before you take possession of it”
Noah said, “This van is not for us.”
Soon a white Cadillac showed up. A teenage boy was driving the car. He parked pretty close to us. Noah explained, “This is our grandson driving this Cadillac. I told him that all this would be done with about 11:30 a.m.”
Noah’s wife said, “We need to wait for the other family that is coming.”
Julie said, “What do you mean by another family.”
Noah’s wife said, “Your van is going to be given to another family that needs a van.”
Shortly, a Hispanic family came driving up by us. The boy driving the car dropped his family off and asked how long it would take. He wanted to go get coffee and bring some back to his family. We then heard the family that got out of the vehicle telling the driver how much they appreciated what he’s been doing to get them places. They said, “One of these days we are going to have our own vehicle and you won’t have to do this for us.”
That kid was definitely a trooper and reminded them that we are family and I do not mind taking care of you. This was Noah’s opportunity. He went up to the family and asked, “What would you say if somebody would give you a van? Would you take it?”
The husband said, “Yes, we would take it.”
Noah said, “Well then, this van is yours.”
The husband then said, “No way! You have got to be kidding me. Is this a joke or something?”
Noah said, “No, it is a blessing.” Noah then signed the title over to this family. This family also began crying when they begin to realize that they now have the ability to go places on their own.
It all started with Blue Mustang blessing two families. From there, the two families got additional groceries plus two almost new vans. The blessing was so powerful that the van they had was given to a third family who was also blessed. I love the way our King talks to people. Noah knew he was not going to be taking anything home because he knew God’s plan. His grandson coming to pick him up at just the right time shows us Noah was listening to God. Next week more families will be praying for a miracle. I cannot wait until my King sends me to them. God gets the Glory and the Victory as he reveals himself to those who ask him for help.