My Hope is in Him

Psalm 32:8 The LORD says, "I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you."
John 10:4 "After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they recognize his voice."
1 Thessalonians 5:18 "No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God's will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."

Today's headlines are filled with unrest and stories of an economy that is floundering. In my own life I'm hanging on by a financial thread and one more thing will mean I go falling down the deep hole that my previous spending habits have created. I was reminded even waking up this morning that I am to give thanks to the Lord because it is thru Him that I have hope. He is in control. Last night in my devotion it was a story of a family and they needed $900 to pay bills and the money was nowhere to be found. The author of the story worried all day long but could come up with no solution and that evening she realized she had forgotten to check the mail that day. In the mail box was a check for $949. God had already provided before they even knew they had the need.
As I was driving to work this morning I was thinking about the fact that thru this whole year I have been in a financial hole. I'm praying for a roommate and I'm praying constantly that I will get thru this. During this time even though my budget shows negative the money has always been there for bills and whatever I had to pay. Somehow someway God has kept the bank account full even when according to my budget there is no money.