My son Tucker is a drummer. He's always shown some musical interest and he's always had rhythm; he even won a county-wide rhythm competition in the 4th grade. So I wasn't really surprised a few years ago when he decided he wanted to play the drums. And still today, at 14 years old, he absolutely loves it. Even more so than when he first showed an interest. And he is constantly drumming. With drum sticks, with pencils, with his hands...on his legs, on the table, on the dashboard in the car...everywhere he goes he drums.
Since yesterday was a holiday, Tucker was invited to go to Tallahassee with a friend and his family. He slept over at his friend's house Sunday night and they took off for Tallahassee sometime yesterday morning. Not knowing exactly what they were going to be doing in Tallahassee, he only took $30 of his cash stash "just in case." Tucker doesn't like to spend money, but you just never know what might come up. He knew they were going to Tallahassee and he had an idea they were going shopping. What he didn't know is that they would be going to a music store, which would have the exact items he needed for his percussion class - a practice pad and a new set of drum sticks. (Note: Hereafter I will attempt to sound cool like Tucker and refer to his drumsticks as merely "sticks.")
This is where my knowledge grows dim. I can call them "sticks," because that's what he does - but that's about it. I'm drum ignorant. Give me a piano keyboard and I'm good to go, but I know absolutely nothing about drums. The two things I do know is that 1. Tucker loves them, and 2. They are loud! So much so that he has his own "man cave" in our backyard, thanks to his wonderful PaPa! He can go down there and drum and bang to his heart's content without disturbing the rest of our household.
So when he said he needed new sticks for his percussion class, I was confused. He already had sticks. Lots of sticks. But unbeknownst to me, there are all different types and sizes of sticks. And none of the ones he already had were the certain size and type he needed for percussion class. He also needed a practice pad. Again, I was clueless. I had no idea what a practice pad was, but I was excited when I found out that it's a rubber pad that he can beat with the sticks during practice instead of actually beating on the drum. Or the desk. Or the kitchen counter. Or the dashboard in the car. Or the coffee table. Or the ..... you get my point. The rubber on the practice pad muffles the sound of the drum sticks. That practice pad might just be my new best friend!
And there they were - in that music store in Tallahassee that he didn't know he was going to. There were the size sticks he needed and there was the practice pad he needed. And there Tucker was, with his $30, "just in case." This is where it gets good - because I almost let him leave with $27. I know that's an odd amount, but it's what he had in his pocket at the time. But on the way to drop him off at his friend's house Sunday night, I made him trade me two $1 bills for a five so he'd have an even $30. He thought that was a pretty good trade! I now know that it was a God thing. God told me to send him with $30, not $27. We didn't know he'd be going to the music store, but God knew. We didn't know he'd find just what he needed, but God knew. And we didn't know that three dollars would make a lot of difference, but the sticks and the practice pad he needed came to a grand total of $29 with tax. He would have been short had he went with his original $27. He wouldn't have had enough. We didn't know that taking three dollars more would make such a difference. But God knew. And since he took $30 and not $27, he had just enough.
Isn't it awesome that God is always that way with us, no matter what it is? Isn't it incredible that He allows us just enough at just the time we need it? Hasn't He promised time and time again that He will always meet our needs if we let Him?
Just enough mercy.
Just enough grace.
Just enough forgiveness.
Just enough.
It's all we need.
"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'" ~ 2Corinthians 12:9
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him." The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him." ~ Lamentations 3:22-25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" ~ Matthew 6:25-27
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