I used to like roller coasters

I used to like roller coasters.  In fact I might still enjoy a ride or two in a good one.  But the ride we've been on this week and especially yesterday has had a few more twists and turns and loop-t-loops than I care for.  If not for the care and grace of My Father I would have reduced to a heap of tears and most certainly an ulcer.
Yes I am speaking of this government shut-down issue.  I have deeply thought out and strongly held political ideas and won't get into any of them here.  In fact my blog is mostly for me to get out what rolls around in my head on any given day and hopefully encourage others who visit.  So I won't get into finger-pointing and blaming for there is plenty of that to go around.
What I will say is that the roller coaster of hearing military families wouldn't get paid, to hearing about half pay, to actually less than half a paycheck/stub being listed on the Defense Finance website at one point yesterday, to all pay stubs being removed from the site, to.....Well, you get the idea.  I spent a great deal of my day yesterday trying to encourage friends and spouses of mostly enlisted ranks who struggle to make ends meet on a full paycheck much less a half check or less than half or none at all.
What came from yesterday as I sought to encourage others was that the Lord encouraged me.  Though some I spoke to and wrote with are not believers I spoke to them of the God that cares for them and, through His very names, promises wonderful things to us that are His.  
I did a study several years ago from Kay Arthur called Lord I Want To Know You.  One of my favorite names was and still is is Jehovah Jireh, The Lord Provides.   That name kept coming back to me throughout the day and I shared that name with those who were concerned about the military losing their pay.  This name was the name that Abraham called the place where he had taken Isaac to sacrifice at God's behest and God provided a ram at Abraham's obedience in the last moment.  What a beautiful picture!  But in this story I see again that the Lord's provision doesn't always come when we want it to.  Most often it comes in time but at the last moment.  Yet the Lord provides.  What is beautiful about this is that Proverbs 18:10 tells us that "the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous runs into it and is safe."
This battle isn't over for military families.  The government shut-down was averted because of an agreement on some monetary issues but we are in an extension that will give them time to draft the new budgetary bill.  But I will rest in the Lord.  I will run to His name of Jehovah Jireh and take refuge in that name.  He provides and I will trust Him at His Word and His name.
What are some of your favorite names of God?  Is there something you are facing where you need to hear that He will provide for you?  Run to Him and be encouraged.