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to manage my resources better. I became more thankful and content and more connected to my heavenly Father. A few years ago, I relocated to my home country after 11 years abroad. Exhausted from the move, I silently hoped that I could take a 6 month break from working full time. I was confident that since my husband would be working, we would be able to handle living on one income stream. I longed for the time off – to rest and recuperate from the hard work of relocating, to finish writing my book and to spend time with family and to readjust to our new soundings. But I didn’t know what was ahead. Little did I know that we would both be unemployed! Within a few days of coming home, my husband’s position was made redundant. With a house and a family to take care of, we needed God’s help for sure. Even then my search for alternative streams of income proved unfruitful. But God proved faithful in that time. At the mark of 6 months of no steady income, and somehow being able to pay our expenses during that time, I started a new job. There was no advertisement and there was no official vacancy at the time but my work experience caught the interest of management and I was offered a new position that never existed in the company before! God is truly amazing. So the question is again, “Can God help in a financial crisis?” I say, Sure He can.” He can and does provide for us. He provides in many different ways… 1.Through Acts of Kindness of Others. Sometimes people don’t even know why they are being kind to you. I would say tha \