Debt miraculously wiped off
- anxiousfornothing
- Aug 2, 2019
- 2 min read
I opened a bank account as a student and ended up keeping it for many years after I graduated. It was never my main bank account - in fact, I had opened it purely because the bank was offering generous rates and freebies for students which seemed attractive to me at the time. At the time of set up, the bank account was free so it just acted as an account into which I could deposit money. As this wasn't my main bank account, I didn't actually deposit money into it very frequently and when I did, it was never large sums as I was a student. However, unbeknownst to me, this bank account was automatically converted into a graduate bank account once I had graduated. This might not sound problematic but the bank charged a monthly sum for its graduate accounts. So here I was, with a graduate account open and being charged but without realising this was the case. It wasn't until I received a note from the bank confirming that I was in debt by several hundreds of pounds that I realised what had happened.
Now, I appreciate that several hundreds might not sound like the most extreme case of debt to many people but it's money that I didn't really have at the time (and certainly hadn't expected that I'd owed) so it was a shock to the system. I decided to call the bank and explain what had happened and prayed as I did. Miraculously, the lady on the phone was really sympathetic and could tell that I was genuinely surprised and in the dark and so offered to wipe my debt from my account. Yes, just like that, several hundreds of pounds of debt gone and there was no catch! To add, my credit score hadn't been affected either.
I had expected possibly to be able to negotiate a grace period to pay but God exceeded my expectations by taking away what was owed altogether.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph 3:20-21)

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