The $10 Christmas Tree . . .

I recently added a chapter about God and finances to the Second Edition of my book that should come out hopefully sometime in 2015. A believer can attach faith to just about anything, and here's a good example of attaching faith to money.

Christmas 2014 was closing in. We'd gone to the story to stock up for our traditional Christmas day gathering where both sides of the family would be coming to visit, share a meal, and exchange gifts. The grocery store bill alone left us nearly broke and we still hadn't gotten a tree.

We went to a garden center where we knew they still had trees.

I said a little prayer, just in my head, asking God to help us find a big, tall, fat, full tree, but one we could afford, thanking God in Jesus' name.

I've been through this so many times before that my faith was strong and I always got a little excited to see what God was going to do for us. Walking through the store entrance, we made our way back to where the Christmas trees were. Realizing we didn't have much money left, I was stunned to see their sign that said, ALL TREES $10!!

Knowing we could afford one at that price, we searched and searched until we found the perfect tree, cut off two feet from the bottom, and almost felt guilty paying only $10 for such a beautiful tree! Feeling blessed and thankful, to return God's favor by paying it forward, we tipped the man who tied the tree to the top of our truck $10 as well.

These kinds of little prayers resulting in little miracles work for me all the time and they can work for you as well! It just takes faith.

The Actual Tree we got for $10!