blessings

finances have been rather tight since we bought our house. it is not something we are worried about long term, just for a little bit while we catch up. um..i take that back. we still worry, but there is light at the end of the tunnel...christmas bonus, tax return, etc. but at this second, i am wishing we had just a little bit more money. especially with the holidays coming up.

well, on saturday paul cleaned out and organized the garage and we were able to fit the minivan in it. which has been wonderful. no getting in and out of the car in the rain. and ava caught sight of storage boxes that hold my stuff from when i was a little girl. and has been pestering us to get them out so her and i can go through them.

yesterday, we finally went through all of the boxes and in one of them, i found a thank you card from years ago when paul and i were first married and babysat the jones' girls {our flower girls} while their parents went away for the weekend for their anniversary. we still talk about this experience and how exhausted we were after feeding and entertaining these girls for two days. yet, how much fun it was getting to experience that. well, in the thank you card was $50.00 cash. i don't know why i never deposited it. or why it was still in there after almost 10 years. but what a sweet blessing it was to find that money. and how very needed it is.

one of my favorite scriptures:

"..take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or,
Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

For your Father in Heaven knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you."

when it is so easy to feel alone in my struggles, what a glorious comfort it is to be reminded by such a small thing as $50 that my Heavenly Father knows little me and is willing to help me and bless me.