Counting Our Blessings

Blessings

I have to share with you some of the blessings God has sent my way.

One is that I am learning in church about the importance of tithing on the gross income. I realized that I have not been hitting the mark these last couple of years so I began a 90 day challenge of tithing plus giving an offering. This was a stretch sense I don't work more than 15 hrs a week and the nanny job is a set amount, but I felt that God was asking me to trust him.

So this last week, Nicholas got moved from day shift to evening which opened my mornings. I quickly let work know incase they had any extra hours available. They called the very next day to see if I wanted to work at another one of their facilities. Several of their teachers had called out sick. I was like, for sure!!! It turned into working an extra 55hrs over the next two weeks. Praise God!! He blessed me right back!!

The second things is that I went shopping last Sunday (March 10) for supplies at Good Will. I found not only clothes, but a carry on suitcase (a very girlly one, I should add). Now I am all about deals and I noticed that they were going to have a 50% off sale this Saturday (March 17). I had this idea of seeing if I could return everything I just bought and re-buy it at the discounted price. Ya I know. Kind of cheating the system, but I figured, what would it hurt if I try. I was telling this story to my Bible study group and they got a kick out so much so that one of the guys asked, "How much would you be saving?" I was like $25. Now for me that is a lot. I can buy a lot with that money. LOL. The guy pulled out his wallet and handed me the $25. What a blessing!! I got talking to my sister-in-law and she says he probably was just kidding about me keeping the money. Oh well, I kept it!! He shouldn't have offered it to me in the first place if he didn't mean for me to keep it.

The last blessing it that this last week my service engine light came on. Thinking it may be in need of an oil change, I asked a friend of she know of any mechanic in the area. She said her husband would love to do it. I told him that I didn't want him to feel like he had to do it for free. I was more than willing to pay for his time.

I want to his house today (March 17). He found that it was not the oil, but a plug had come off (don't ask me what it was for) and he did a something else (which I am not sure exactly). During that time, I was able to hear stories of his life, talk with his son and daughter, and drink some really good coffee. By the end, he fixed it and said, I didn't owe him anything sense I was going to the Philippines, giving of myself to them, he was giving of himself to me by fixing my car. What a blessing!! I felt loved by his family.

I hope that you were blessed reading these. I want to hear how God is blessing you these days.

Have an amazing day,
Natasha

Ps. It has been like 75F here these last couple of day!! Loving it!!