R’ Meshulem lent someone a few thousand Shekel. The person was supposed to pay him back in a week or two. The week or two went by, but he didn’t hear from him. R’ Meshulem tried reaching out to the person but he kept pushing him off. Before he knew it, it was already three months later. All his bills came in at once: his water bill, his electric bill, his Arnona (property tax) bill. He didn’t have enough money to pay them. He knew that if that person would pay him back, he would have the money for it. He didn’t know what to do; he had tried so many times… Then he realized, “One second, who’s going to pay this bill for me, is it me? It’s the Ribono Shel Olam! Instead of relying on people, I have to rely on the Ribono Shel Olam. If the Ribono Shel Olam wants, He could pay the bill right now.” A few hours went by, and the person called him and said, “Baruch Hashem, I worked it out and I’m coming right now to you to give you the entire sum.” He saw the tremendous power of “Habote’ach BaHashem, Chessed Yesovevenu.”

R’ Yitzchok* and his family were moving from Yerushalayim to Afula. They had a problem. The furniture in the apartment where they had been renting belonged to the landlord and the new apartment where they were moving to wasn’t furnished. He was going to have to buy everything from scratch: appliances, furniture…. He was learning in Kollel, and he only had $1,000 to spend. He told himself that just like Hashem took care of him in the past, Hashem will also take care of him now. One day, someone called him up and asked him if he was moving to Afula. He said, “Yes, why?” The man said, “I’m moving, and I’m buying all new furniture and appliances. If you’re interested, you can buy all my furniture and appliances from me for just $1,000!”

When Mrs. Gold* would drive to work, she would get stuck at a certain traffic light. Whenever she got there, it was red for a few minutes. Then she heard a Yesod on the Bitachon Hotline. Someone who whenever he got to a traffic light instead of thinking that it’s natural for it to turn green, he would say, “I need Hashem to make it turn green.” Someone else who was listening to him started laughing, “What do you mean, you need Hashem to turn it to green? It goes by itself.” The next day, that person was by a light and after it turned green, he was stuck behind a truck for a couple minutes, he couldn’t go! The traffic light was going from green to red. Back to green and then red and he couldn’t go! He saw clearly that yes we need Hashem for everything. So this Mrs. Gold said, “Oh, I don’t have to wait for a few minutes. It’s up to Hashem.” Since then, whenever she goes to the traffic light, she says, “It’s not the traffic light, it’s Hashem.” For a long time, she used to wait for three minutes by the light. But now she never waits for more than ten seconds!!! Read more: Bitachon #179

Someone owed Mrs. Deutsch* money and wasn’t paying it back. She follows a ‘Life with Bitochon‘ and knows that she doesn’t need the person to pay her back, Hashem will. She just has to leave everything up to Hashem. At that same time, a relative of hers came back from Eretz Yisroel and gave them a large gift. It was five times the amount the person owed her! Read more: Bitachon #178

Boruch’s* wife used to criticize him often. He thought to himself that he heard of the concept of ‘Hatva b’makom hakpada’ on “A Life with Bitachon“, to pay back good instead of getting upset. So he thought of a way how to pay back his wife. He decided he will start complimenting her more. He will tell her that she is the best wife. He started saying thank you for this and thank you for that. And his wife was blown away by his caring and sensitivity. Their shalom bayis skyrocketed! All it took was just a few positive word! Read more: Bitachon #177