please listen to the song as you read.  just a note of MomPride it's my daughter Mandi singing)

the strangest thing happened to me yesterday. i know this is long but try to keep up, it's really an awesome story. okay, i was on my way down the road just about a mile from my house to the grocery store. i had to do my big shopping and i promised Cal i would return all the pop cans and bottles we had accumulated this summer (i hate doing this!). keep in mind i have been very sad lately and frankly was feeling kind of upset with God about my friends life being cut so short so suddenly. anyway as i was driving down the road i had a thought to drive about 10 miles out of my way to go and look at a house i had been wanting to look at. so i turned around and started heading towards the house which is located out in the middle of nowhere. so, as i was driving and talking with God, i passed a homeless man carrying a huge trash bag and he was picking up cans. i thought to myself, i should just give him my trunk full of cans (remember i hate returning them).   i then said out loud, "okay God, if this man is still out walking when i head back then i will give him all my cans (about $12.00 worth). sure enough on my way back there he was. so i pulled over, popped open my trunk and gave him all my cans. he said, "God Bless You". yeah right i thought. i get in my car and am thinking, what an idiot i am, i just gave away 12 bucks that i could have bought a roast with (i do atkins so roasts are important to me). i get to the store and start chipping away at my list. i get to the meat section and there is a man standing next to me as i am trying to find a roast that is under 12 bucks. the man grumbled to me how expensive meat is these days and how ridiculous it all is and he walked away. i kept digging and got to the last roast, held it up to my eyes (i did not have my glasses) and i could not believe my eyes. it read 6 cents! can you believe that?!!!! it was a 12 dollar roast almost to the penny. i could not believe it. it was mismarked. the little upc sticker said
.02 cents per LB and the price was .06 cents. i stood there as i heard God say to me, "I AM HERE!!!!!! DO WHAT I PROMPT YOU TO DO AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU! I AM HERE AND I HAVE A PLAN, DO NOT WORRY SO ABOUT YOUR FRIEND.....I HAVE A PLAN, I AM HERE!!!!!" so ya see, the homeless man got 12 bucks and i got a 12 dollar roast for 6 cents. how cool is that? any comments?

Rejoice Evermore!
DawnRae

p.s. my friend passed away the very next day......the day that i was supposed to visit her.  i'm trusting God and His plan completely,  looking forward to the day when i see her again.