I'm reading a book right now called "A Daily Rate," by Grace Livingston Hill, a Christian author. In A Daily Rate, a poor, young woman named Celia Murray is living in a cheap, awful boarding house and working at a small paying job. She's an orphan and the only person that really loves her, her aunt, is far away. Celia's faith in God is the only thing that carries her through her difficult life. The piece below was an encouragement to Celia, it was an encouragement to me, and I hope that it is an encouragement to you.
"She read: ' And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table, and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.' (2 Kings 25:27-30). Celia paused and read the verses over again. She began to see why her aunt sent it to her and, ever more, why her heavenly Father sent it to her... God was taking care of her. He was a King and could lift her head up out of prison, if this was a prison. He could even set her on a throne, change her prison garments and give her an allowance of grace to meet all her daily needs. A continual allowance: she didn't need to worry that it would give out. It was "all the days of her life."
"She read: ' And in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, graciously freed Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. And he spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table, and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, according to his daily needs, as long as he lived.' (2 Kings 25:27-30). Celia paused and read the verses over again. She began to see why her aunt sent it to her and, ever more, why her heavenly Father sent it to her... God was taking care of her. He was a King and could lift her head up out of prison, if this was a prison. He could even set her on a throne, change her prison garments and give her an allowance of grace to meet all her daily needs. A continual allowance: she didn't need to worry that it would give out. It was "all the days of her life."