We’d only been married a few months…and were really hungry. When we married, Andy was singing with Vicki & The Royalheirs—music evangelists who sang at churches, revivals, and concerts. Andy made a whopping $200/month. I contributed about that much working at White’s Auto for the first three months of our marriage, but ultimately decided if I wanted to see my husband, I needed to quit my job and travel with him. So now, we were down to $200/month and our rent was $160/month. We had very little for groceries, so we ate a lot of popcorn and Rice-a-Roni. We were always glad to get back on the road because churches would feed us.
This had gone on for a few months and I remember coming to God and pouring out my heart, “God, I’m really tired of popcorn! (I imagine God was remembering another time and another people—complaining about manna). Would you please give us some meat? Please??”
Royce Grant, the leader of Vicki & The Royalheirs, called us and said our friends in Oklahoma had called and wanted us to come eat with them. They had cattle and had butchered a cow and wanted to feed us steaks. I could have cried! I was thanking God all the way to Oklahoma. After a wonderful meal with MEAT, they told us they were sending us home with a side of beef to share.
For months, I praised God every time I opened our freezer and pulled out a package of hamburger! God heard and God cared about a newlywed who was tired of popcorn.
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