I heard this story once of a Banker. He was a very rich and wealthy Man and wanted to help those in need that came to Him. One day a lady by the name of Julianna came in and asked for a loan to take care of her children. She just lost her job and needed a way to take care of them until she could find another one. The Banker then handed her 100 dollars. He said, "Go and fill your gas tank and buy some food for the house, then go home and be with your children".
This woman did as she was told. She went home and bought food and gas. She was a little flustered because this ,by no means, was going to get her family through the week. She was a teacher and the school needed to cut pay and this ment getting rid of some of the teachers and she was the newest staff member and she was it coming.
After she had cooked and put the children to bed,before she even got the chance to break down because of everything going on,at 7:01 the phone rang. "Hello, this is Daniel Brown calling for a Julianna Barber.". She responded,"This is she". "I am a principle at a near school and I heard that you had recently been let go due to the schools fincial problems and was wondering if you were interested in a job."
The principle and Julianna talked on the phone for hours. The school heard about her through a parent at the school that let her go. They were looking for a new teacher that loved her job, the students and learning and when they brought this up at a social function her name was brought up. They asked her to start at the school as soon as possible working with another teacher to get used to the environment and then at the beginning of the semester with her own class. They gave her a pay raise and benefits for her family through the school on a teacher available plan.
When she got off the phone, she was speechless. How could the Banker know what she needed? How could they have known what she did and that her insurance plan had just expired?...How did he know I was a teacher? So many questions that she needed some answers! The next day she got the kids off to school and rode back over to where the bank was located...and the bank was being torn down. When she saw this she went up to a near by worker and asked what was going on.
"The Banker sold the building weeks ago, it had been empty for a while. The builder has been planning this since the beginning of the week." As were talking he said I had to have the wrong bank because it has been closed down longer then when it the place was sold. I thanked him for his time and was about to leave..
"Ma'am...what is your name?"
"Julianna" I told him.
"Where that's strange...will you wait here for a minute?"
"Sure" He walked towards the main trailer and I began to think about that event of the past couple of days. There was a Man who gave me money, there was a Man who told me to get food and gas, spend time with my family and wait for a phone call...
"This letter was left on the door of this place this morning. It was found during the building check for homeless people and animals. Have a good day and it was nice talking to you."
The envelope was blank except for a name, my name. I opened it and began to read:
Dear Julianna,
I hope you have a great carrier at this new school. Know that I placed you there and I have a purpose for you. Know that I will never leave you or forsake you.Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you am with you when you go through the day and when you sleep . It will not always be easy, but it will be worth the challenge and I will be waiting to reward you in heaven.Be the light I made you to be. The one that your children need to see.
I love you.
Your Creator..Your Banker
