So, if you know me, or just read this blog, you know that recently things have been really tight financially for our family. Well. I did have some wonderful blessings that I blogged about here... but since then, well... let me tell you about the latest developments:
After that Jehovah Jireh post linked above, we had about $100 to our name that didn't have to go to any immediate bills. I started to feel a little better. We could buy food and gas. I was ready to feel the trust I wanted to feel. I was ready to say OK, God, You've been in control all along, but now, I can say I trust You with the controls. No matter what happens, I trust You. (Turns out, maybe don't say that no matter what happens part to God.) Robbie had a bachelor party to go to... it went late at a friend's apartment. He called me around 2am to tell me his vehicle had been towed. (Yep, MacDonalds :P ) $150 that we didn't have. Some WONDERFULLY generous friend's covered us, and helped Robbie get his car back that night. I wanted to be angry and say to God, "How could You let this happen!??" but, fortunately, I know better. He has a purpose in all things - even this. 'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.' ~Jeremiah 29:11 I trust those words as much as I have ever trusted anything. There was no reason to be mad, at God, at Robbie... anyone. There was reason to trust.
So, my grandpa just gave us his old swingset - so we sold our old one for $100. Hey, now we can start paying back our wonderfully generous friends! And, tomorrow's pay day again. We can make it.
and then today, I had the kind of day where God put something small on my heart to do, and I did it. I was feeling very in-tune with Him. Immediately upon completion, the next thing I did was check the mail. Uh oh.
A letter from our mortgage company?
Dear Robert F V-----, we regret to inform you of an error in our system at the time we processed your loan... blah blah blah, heart in throat, skip to second page WHAT!!! ... a check for over one thousand dollars?? Flip back to the first page... Is this legit?? Call the number on the letter. Talk to Natalie. Yes, this is a for real Bank Error in Your Favor, please collect $1000+ dollars. Can I pass Go too??
I fell on the floor.
I cried.
I called Robbie at work.
I got his voicemail.
I left a crying crazy sounding message.
He called right back.
I stringed him along, trying to make him think it was bad news ... and then WHAM! I dropped it on him.
He said, great, that will cover a tow.
I said, yeah, we can totally pay them back NOW!! YES!!!
He said no, I mean a tow now. My car just died.
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return to face down position on floor. Laugh. Pray. Trust.
So, yeah. Crazy day for us! His car is still not running, even he installed a new fuel pump. We're hoping to get this figured out soon. Thank goodness my huz is so handy (and Uncle Steve is amazing too).
Also, gasoline on your skin is NOT good. And, very stinky. Don't use toothpaste to try and rid yourself of the gasoline smell. You will just smell like minty gasoline, and that is MUCH worse.
I like reading your posts. God is doing good things for your little family, and it is encouraging to see the virtue of trust played out in your lives.
ReplyDeleteI love it when God sends money that you don't expect, when He blesses bigger than you could have ever hoped for!!!! Hope Rob figures out his car, without a tow!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHe towed it with a tow strap (illegally, but he talked to the police officer who's beat he traversed first, and he said he'd look the other way!) back to our house before I wrote this post. As of today, $200 worth of guesses has gotten us no where fast. And, Robbie is really sick too. But, really, it is all pretty funny, even now in the midst of it. We are very thankful to have each other and praise God for the gift of laughter!
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