Angela had married Peter because she was pregnant. Even when she did it she knew that was probably not the right thing to do. She had lived with him long enough to know that he wasn’t reliable and wouldn’t ever stay home. His “business trips” would take him away for periods of time. She never knew exactly what that “business” was. She did know that it didn’t pay much judging from the amount of money he sent home. In her heart she knew that he kept most of it for himself. She wasn’t even sure if the money he made was honest and didn’t really want to know. Deep down inside she knew he wasn’t faithful to her when he was away.

Now here she was with a nine month old baby girl and Peter’s four other children by his first marriage, no furniture at all except for a crib for the baby, no money and five hungry bellies to fill. She managed to scrounge up a chicken leg, some chicken bouillon cubes and spaghetti noodles. There was nothing else in the cupboards. Chicken noodle soup it would be!!!

Angela had been raised to attend church and she believed in God. Though not attending church anywhere, her belief in the Lord was still within her. As she prepared the soup she prayed for the Lord to make it fill the children so they wouldn’t be hungry. What she was going to do tomorrow she didn’t know. She asked the Lord to provide for them.
God is an answering God. He hears our prayers, whether we are active in church or living the life we think should be lived if we are Christians. His love reached down to Angela and those children that day. Not only did the children eat until they were full, that one chicken leg, bouillon cubes and spaghetti noodles fed them for five more days when money came in and Angela was able to go buy groceries.

The Lord provided!
(As told to Alicea, names changed to protect privacy)