Annika
Winzeler lives in Schaffhausen,
Switzerland,
and has not been a Christian for long. She tells of the following event
during her first days as a Christian: "Eighteen months ago, when God
showed me that he really exists, I was going through a difficult time. I had
just moved out from home, and was having trouble making ends meet. I often
didn't know whether I would be able to eat.
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One day, I
stood in the supermarket, hungry and wondering what I could afford for lunch.
I emptied my purse into my hand to count my money - it wasn't much, about 1
Franc 30 (about 85 US cents, or 55 UK pence). I
counted it again and again. That wouldn't buy me much for lunch. I wandered
down the aisles, looking at what I would have liked for lunch - a bread roll,
yoghurt, an apple and something to drink, in total about 2 Francs 10 ($1.50,
or 90 pence). But maybe Jesus could help me, as he had helped others! I had read
something about fish and bread, so asked Jesus for help: 'You fed so many
people with only a little bread and a few fish. Couldn't you help me?'
Nothing happened - no angel appeared to help me shop, and no voice from
heaven telling me how I could fill my stomach. I was very disappointed. Could
it be that I was mistaken, that Jesus didn't exist, wasn't alive? Was
everything just my imagination? Then my life wouldn't change as I had thought
it would. So I decided to buy my lunch with the 1 Franc 30 I had. I counted
the money again, to be sure - but it was suddenly no longer 1 Franc 30, but
exactly the amount I needed to buy what I wanted for lunch! The money had
multiplied in my hand. I found it quite natural that Jesus did that for me,
because he promised to care for us."
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